Subj : Re: Copy files without changing ownership and permissions
To   : comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.redhat,linux.redhat
From : thegodorange
Date : Fri Nov 19 2004 11:32 pm

Ross wrote:
> Hi there,
> My Linux file server has an ext3 partition for user's home directories. I
> have just added a new and big ext3 partition.
> I (root) would like to copy (cp) all users' files to the new partition. But
> any files copied to the partition will change their ownership to root, and
> permission to 755.
> How can I keep their ownership and permissions?
> Thanks in advance,
> Ross
> 
> 
look into the cp -a option
for example, cp -a /home /newhome

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