Backup Permissions

cfgert · 03-16-2004, 09:05 AM

Hello,

I'm looking for a possibility to backup the file permissions for a directory tree (and not the files itself) and restoring them if necessary. Is there any tool/script to do this?

Thx
Christian

bigearsbilly · 03-16-2004, 10:26 AM

You could do it with a script.
It could be quite complex though.

Better idea(?)
why not decide what the permissions *should* be in advance and write a script to set them correctly? That would be very simple.

billy

cfgert · 03-16-2004, 11:41 AM

Hi,

the problem is, that e.g. rsync can't manage the permissions with an unprivileged account. So I would like to write users/groups etc. in a file for later restore. I don't want a root service on the backup system and no root login information on the other. So I backup without those informations at the moment but this is suboptimal.

Christian

bigearsbilly · 03-16-2004, 11:53 AM

You want to change the permissions to backup, then
change them back?

billy

cfgert · 03-16-2004, 04:02 PM

Hi,

no, this is a external backupserver (over the Inet) and the owner/group information gets lost in this process. Nevertheless I would need to backup the owner/group information and a possiblility to restore it back. The other permission informations can be transfered (if it is a Linux backupserver)

Christian

cfgert · 08-23-2004, 09:36 AM

I have found the solution in the meanwhile :

getfacl / setfacl

can backup and restore the permissions in a very simple way.

Christian