CentOS - Jul 2007 - copying files between hosts

Dear All,

i need to copy mail files from my REDHAT Linux old server to my CENTOS new
server

these files in mbox formay in/var/mail directory

i need to preserve permissions as well the the modification date n time

i tried using scp it works fine but i can the file permissions r not
preserved but the date n time is preserved

if i try rcp it gives me error
xx.yy.zz.1: Connection refused
i have the .rhosts file also

apprecite your hep


regards

simon




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Network Administrator

simon wrote:
> Dear All,
> 
> i need to copy mail files from my REDHAT Linux old server to my CENTOS new
> server
> 
> these files in mbox formay in/var/mail directory
> 
> i need to preserve permissions as well the the modification date n time
> 
> i tried using scp it works fine but i can the file permissions r not
> preserved but the date n time is preserved
use tar, tar them up into one big file, then scp that file across, then 
untar them.

Cheers,

Michael

--On Saturday, July 28, 2007 10:55 AM +0400 simon 
<mailadmin at baladia.gov.kw> wrote:
> i need to copy mail files from my REDHAT Linux old server to my CENTOS new
> server
>
> these files in mbox formay in/var/mail directory
>
> i need to preserve permissions as well the the modification date n time
rsync and dump/restore are another couple of options.