[ILUG] Re: [Q] Transferring c.200GiB via net, preserving attributes... How?

[Anders Holm]

On 05/04/12 15:35, Brian Foster wrote:

[snip]

> Another person (not posted to the list?) suggests:

Ooopps! That was me, my bad.

>> Yes, rsync is probably your handiest bet here.  I tend to "pull" when
>> I do this, though I don't think that matters too much...  You can run
>> it as root, or tunnel it through ssh
>> ( -e ssh root at old:/path/to/files /path/to/dest) ...
>   What would be the point of tunneling through ssh ?
>   Apologies if that's a silly question....
>   ( In thinking about it  — assume pulling —  that would
>    seem to handle the authentication puzzle on Old. )

Locally on your own network? Not much. Across any less secure network it 
can become useful though, as well, you can make use of ssh key auth, if 
so inclined.

>   Obviously I need to experiment a bit, since I'm also
>   obviously out of my comfort zone here....  ;-\
>
> cheers!
> 	-blf-
>

Have fun! Really, your on the right track, just be cautious with 
"--delete" ... *cough* ...

//anders