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Old 12-13-2006, 07:18 AM
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Restoring files or folders

Hi all,

This may be a simple question but im fairly new to all this, so please bare with me
I use SD to backup network user accounts on an xserve from one 400gb drive to another 400gb drive.
If I want to restore individual files or folders I have to log into the xserve as root so I can access both drives and then drag the files from the backup to the main drive.
However after doing this the files lose their original ownership rights, and become the root users.

Am I missing something? If I login as admin, I cant get to the individual files so it has to be root doesn't it?

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Old 12-13-2006, 09:29 AM
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No, ownership should copy when you copy things. You can also use other commands (like cp) that will preserve...
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Old 12-14-2006, 11:26 AM
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Thanks for the reply.

It definitely doesnt copy over. It becomes owned by the system. Ive tried just dragging the files over and also copy and paste. I'm not confident enough to use Terminal.

I've only just started doing a smart backup so maybe it has to do with that?
I used to do a delete and copy and I'm sure I never had any problems then.

Any more idea's

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Old 12-14-2006, 11:44 AM
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No, it wouldn't have anything to do with Smart Update -- the files are, after all, proper on the backup.

I'm a bit surprised that Finder is changing the ownership of the original files (since there's no reason to do that); have you tried using PathFinder, perhaps?

And just to verify -- you didn't turn ownership off on the backup, did you? That would cause this kind of trouble.
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Old 12-18-2006, 06:00 AM
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Where would I turn the ownership off? In SD? I have "Copy ACL's" ticked in the options.

Is Pathfinder an application I can download?

Sorry, I did warn you I was a novice
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Ownership is done in the Get Info panel for the volume.

PathFinder is a program that you can get from http://www.cocoatech.com.
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