restoring symbolic files and link files

[aixlurker]

i have two files that i want to restore to node1 from node2. telnet, rsh, rlogin from node1 to node2 are not available but i can ftp and rcp.

the files in node1:

#pwd
/usr/sbin
-r-sr-xr-x 1 root security 37883 Nov 14 17:22 tsm

#pwd
/etc
-lrwxrwxrwx 1 root security 13 Nov 14 16:33 tsm -> /usr/sbin


i have tried to use ftp and rcp to restore the files at node2 but the /etc/tsm file permission and ownership was not preserved. how do i transfer these 2 files to node2 preserving the attributes?

the system:
RS/6000 SP
Aix 4.3.3.0

 

[MoshiachNow]

Hi,

Try:

rcp -p

this preservers the originall permissions. "Long live king Moshiach !"
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[aixlurker]

i tried it but it did not work either.. thanks anyway

at node1, tring to copy /etc/tsm:
# rcp -p tsm node2:/etc

at node2:
# ftp> ls -l
-r-sr-xr-x 1 root system...

note the changes for file permission (-lrwxrwxrwx originally) and group (security) of /etc/tsm.

rcp of /usr/sbin/tsm is OK.

 

[aixlurker]

the problem has been solved through the perspectives launch pad then extract and restore the files from there.
now i can telnet back to node2. .

 

[zaxxon]

Hi,

just tar your files, links or directories (works recursive):

tar cvf myarchive.tar source1 source2 source3

Then ftp'it to the other machine and untar it with

"tar xvf myarchive.tar"

Time, rights and links will be preserved. If you have a nfs-mount maybe, you can also transfer with a

"find . -print | cpio -dumpv /target"

Preserves everything too.