Ubuntu :: Copying Contents Of /home Failed
Feb 7, 2011
I tried to use cp -r from root to copy the contents of /home to a different partition, but nothing got moved.
Here is my situation: I am maintaining a "public" (family) computer. On this computer I have a separate partition called "Family" that is a samba share for everyone on the network. Also on this computer I have the default /home directory.
Ideally, all files should be saved on the "family" share. The problem is that the home directory is called "family" (because the user is "family") and the share is also "family." That's a little too confusing for everyone.
So I'd like to copy everything to the share, and set that as the new home directory, so that all files by default are saved on the share, and can be accessed by everyone on our network.
What happened is that I first tried to set up the share as the home directory by following an ibm tutorial [URL]. Just after pressing enter on "cp -ax", I realized that the -ax might mean I was going to lose all the files in the current destination. The file transfer process took forever (keeping me biting my nails to see if I had really lost everything in the drive), but in the end the screen went blank, and the HD light stopped blinking, so I restarted, and everything was there. Completely unchanged, and not copied, either.
So I went back and copied it with cp -r. Same thing. Took a few minutes, but when all was said and done, nothing was changed.
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Jun 30, 2011
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If this is confusing, this is what I'm trying to do:
Directory: ../random/
Currently after scp -r:
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Code:
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Code:
#
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# Sample configuration file for the CUPS scheduler. See "man cupsd.conf" for a
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