[rescue] Re: Solaris cp question

[Robert Novak]

On Fri, Mar 21, 2003 at 11:38:04PM -0600, Joshua D. Boyd wrote:
> I want to switch the disk that /usr is on.
> 
> Now, on solaris, I know how to edit my /etc/vfstab, but the copy step is
> kicking my but.  I can't seem to identify a set of cp switches that
> copies symlinks and pipes correctly while preserving the ACL.

I'd use ufsdump|ufsrestore to be safest.

# cd /newusr
# ufsdump 0f - /usr | ufsrestore -xvf -

I don't think tar will preserve real ACLs (i.e. the stuff you use
getfacl and setfacl to manipulate). It will preserve the permissions.

--Rob

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