Putty

How do I copy accounts on a Linux server via putty?

I've tried cp -rf /home/ajaxarca ~/home/greatarc but I get this error:

cp: cannot create directory `/root/home/greatarc': No such file or directory

Thanks.

 

Why are you using the $HOME character (~) ?

 

This is the first time that I have used putty. That is simply what I read!

Tried it without and it appears to be working, however it is asking me if I want to continue on every single file. How can I make it do them all at once?

Thanks!

 

Try with this command:

cp -rf --reply=yes /home/ajaxarca /home/greatarc

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If that command does not work, look on man page: "man cp"

EDIT: If you want to preserve file attibutes like timestamps or ownerships, you should use the '-p' command flag:

cp -rfp --reply=yes /home/ajaxarca /home/greatarc

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Does not work, getting this message:

cp: the --reply option is deprecated; use -i or -f instead

Looked in the man page but could not find anything.

What it is actually saying is if I want to overwrite to each file. Is there some overwrite all command?

 

Went through all files holding down enter on commands all like this:

cp: overwrite `/home/greatarc/ajaxarca/public_html/thumb/20946.png'?

Took a few minutes but did nothing. The files did not copy. :S

 

Instead of copying the account it created a directory named ajaxarca.

When clicking on the directory I get this message:

Could not open PWD: Permission denied at cpanel.pl line 563
Carp::croak('Could not open PWD: Permission denied') called at /usr/local/cpanel/Cpanel/Fileman.pm line 651
Cpanel::Fileman::listfiles('/home/greatarc/ajaxarca') called at cpanel.pl line 563
main::__ANON__('/home/greatarc/ajaxarca') called at cpanel.pl line 1555
main::exectag('<cpanel Fileman="listfiles($FORM{\'dir\'})">') called at cpanel.pl line 4455
main::dotag(undef) called at cpanel.pl line 4344
main::cpanel_parseblock('SCALAR(0x9120778)') called at cpanel.pl line 4298
main::cpanel_parse('GLOB(0x9a910a8)') called at cpanel.pl line 1119


Does anyone have any idea what I am doing wrong?

 

To copy the directory tree without prompts, you can erase the destiantion directory first:

rm -rf /home/greatarc
cp -rfp /home/ajaxarca /home/greatarc

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And about "Permission denied" error, probably you need to add an entry on the /etc/passwd file.

 

cp -rf home/ajaxarca home/greatarc

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Peace,

 

I finally got it to work with:

cp -a /home/ajaxarca/* /home/greatarc/

Thanks.

 

nice to hear it's working finally