[PLUG] Backup problems (urgent)

John Jason Jordan johnxj at comcast.net
Mon Aug 18 05:03:53 UTC 2014


On Sun, 17 Aug 2014 21:44:36 -0700
Bill Barry <bill at billbarry.org> dijo:

>On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 9:38 PM, John Jason Jordan <johnxj at comcast.net>
>wrote:
>
>>
>> folders in /media/Movies/Backup_8.17.14 ("permission denied").
>>
>> i believe the problem is ownership, but if I change the ownership of
>> the files in /dev/sdb2 it will be a disaster later.
>>
>
>cp -a will preserve the ownership, so you could try
>sudo cp -a  ......

This is interesting. Previously i had tried sudo cp and it failed
because it did not have permission to create folders on the
destination. just now i tried sudo cp -a and it is working fine, or at
least the hard drive light indicates serious drive activity. 

Thanks for the suggestion. ;0



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