Recent content by mtcutter

Thanks for the help, people - my question got posted on MacSlash with some very helpful responses - the one I needed was this: So what we need to do is: 1) On the oldserver type "nidump passwd . > passfile" 2) Copy passfile to the new server. 3) On the newservver type "niload passwd . <...

Hey, yeah! It wasn't there a couple of hours ago when I checked... All right, my first post to macslash :) I didn't know whether it would get put up - yet another place I've been trying to find help... I've had a look, CCC deliberately doesn't copy the /var directory (or /etc which seems...

Thanks, but will it copy the Users themselves? ie not just the /Users folder, but also the users, short names and passwords etc. I guess I should just go and try it :-) Cheers, Mike

Hi Xaq, will CCC let me just copy the user database across? I had a brief look at it but it seemed to be a warts and all copy - I want to avoid the corrupted bits :) Thanks for your help! Cheers, mike

Hi, I have a problem for which I have found no solution after a couple of days of scouring the net. The scenario: I have a G4 running OS X 10.1.2 - it's my webserver, which has a main web site as well as about 30 private websites for the users. It has developed a tendency to have occasional...