{"id":1567,"date":"2016-01-13T22:42:56","date_gmt":"2016-01-14T06:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/systemsolver.com\/StatlerBlog\/?p=1567"},"modified":"2016-01-13T22:42:56","modified_gmt":"2016-01-14T06:42:56","slug":"linux-move-migrate-user-info","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/systemsolver.goodhealthyday.com\/StatlerBlog\/2016\/01\/13\/linux-move-migrate-user-info\/","title":{"rendered":"Linux move migrate user info or transfer a copy of “\/” tree"},"content":{"rendered":"

Users from the command line:<\/h3>\n

adduser techmint -G users,<othergroups>
\ndeluser username
\naddgroup groupname
\nadduser username newgroup<\/code><\/p>\n

System backup<\/h3>\n

https:\/\/wiki.archlinux.org\/index.php\/Full_System_Backup_with_rsync <\/a><\/p>\n

This article is about using rsync<\/a> to transfer a copy of your “\/” tree, excluding a few select folders. This approach is considered to be better than disk cloning<\/a> with dd<\/code> since it allows for a different size, partition table and filesystem to be used<\/p>\n

… … …<\/p>\n

This command depends on brace expansion available in both the bash<\/a> and zsh<\/a> shells. When using a different shell<\/a>, --exclude<\/code> patterns should be repeated manually.
\n# rsync -aAXv --exclude={\"\/dev\/*\",\"\/proc\/*\",\"\/sys\/*\",\"\/tmp\/*\",\"\/run\/*\",\"\/mnt\/*\",\"\/media\/*\",\"\/lost+found\"} \/ \/path\/to\/backup\/folder<\/i><\/code><\/p>\n

Using the -aAX<\/code> set of options, the files are transferred in archive mode, ensuring that symbolic links, devices, permissions and ownerships, modification times, ACLs<\/a> and extended attributes are preserved.<\/p>\n

The --exclude<\/code> option will cause files that match the given patterns to be excluded. The contents of \/dev<\/code>, \/proc<\/code>, \/sys<\/code>, \/tmp<\/code> and \/run<\/code> were excluded because they are populated at boot (while the folders themselves are not<\/i> created), \/lost+found<\/code> is filesystem-specific. Quoting the exclude patterns will avoid expansion by shell<\/a>, which is necessary e.g. when backing up over SSH<\/a>. Ending the excluded paths with *<\/code> will still ensure that the directories themselves are created if not already existing.<\/p>\n

Be aware that you will need a Linux compatible file system, eg: ext4<\/code> to maintain symlinks etc, when using the -aAX<\/code> options.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Copy old user to new user<\/h3>\n

http:\/\/ubuntuforums.org\/showthread.php?t=1280723<\/p>\n

sudo adduser newuser<\/p>\n

sudo usermod -a -G adm,users newuser<\/p>\n

sudo cp -av \/home\/olduser\/. \/home\/newuser\/<\/p>\n

<or \u00a0 rsync -aP \/home\/olduser\/. \/home\/newuser\/<\/code>\u00a0 ><\/p>\n

sudo chown -R –from=olduser newuser:newuser \/home\/newuser<\/p>\n

(logout and in again to see new group permissions active)<\/p>\n

<\/code>find -name \"*foo*.filetype\" -exec rename 's\/foo\/bar\/' {} \";\" <\/code><\/p>\n

find \/folder\/. -name bar -type d -execdir mv {} baz \\;<\/code><\/p>\n

\n

-execdir<\/code> changes directory to the parent before executing the command, so the mv<\/code> here will be local to each parent directory.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

http:\/\/superuser.com\/questions\/526966\/how-can-i-migrate-all-of-my-linux-settings-home-directory-to-a-new-computer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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