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  • May 2, 2005 at 7:02 pm #361493
    spiggott
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    I’m running Server v10.2.8 and I’d like to move the Users folder to a newly acquired Xserve RAID. What is the easiest way to move all my Users’ home folders, with data and permissions intact, to the RAID?

    May 17, 2005 at 6:34 pm #361700
    s_groening
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    Short answer: there is no *really* easy way to do this.

    However, setup your Xserve RAID with Mac OS X Server 10.3.9 (assuming you have no licences for Tiger) and import your users.

    In case you use a natively formatted user import list (that is a non-ASIP 6.x XML import file) you should be home free as long as your file includes ‘user id’ information, since this would give any user on your existing 10.2.8 installation the same ‘unique id’ or ‘user id’ and thus give them correct ownership of their home directories, which you can easily move to the Xserve RAID by booting up your old server in FireWire target mode…

    Pretty simple, all in all, and without the hazzle of assuring correct ownership preferences for files and folders!

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