[K12OSN] Bringing /home over from previous k12ltsp server

[Sonny To]

try unison
http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/

On 10/12/06, Carl Keil <carl at snarlnet.com> wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> I'm setting up a brand new k12ltsp server to replace my previous one.
> What's the best way to bring the /home directory over so that people's
> work in tuxpaint, mail messages, open office docs,  game settings, etc.
> get brought over, but I still update/upgrade all the conf files and
> stuff that are in people's /home directories.
>
> I was just going to install k12ltsp, then rsync over the old /home into
> the new /home from the old server to the new, but that doesn't seem like
> it quite cuts it.  Like that would overwrite identical files fairly
> randomly, wouldn't it?
>
> Can someone recommend a workflow for this?
>
> ck
>
>
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