Re: In place upgrade to 18.04 LTS

On Thu, Aug 1, 2019 at 4:02 PM Joseph Bishay <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> I face this same issue several times with the school and I'm wondering if
> there is some guide or advice on how to do the 'backup-reinstall-restore'
> part, specifically for the user's accounts and files.  I have tried
> different ways before and run into problems with their browser profiles and
> file ownership / permissions all changing.  It has in the past resulted in
> a mess and I then need to go in and manually update all the accounts which
> becomes very taxing!
>

Backup/restore is a common sysadmin task and it can mean different things
in different systems. It usually includes system data and/or configuration.
Experienced sysadmins usually automate these things with scripts because
manual operation is tedious and error-prone. If you look around you may
find some scripts used by others and customize them for your needs.

For user accounts I may suggest this script:
https://gitlab.com/Virtual-LTSP/VirtualBox/blob/bionic/scripts/users.sh
But I am not sure that it does the right job for you, and it was not meant
for upgrading (from one LTS version to another).

Dashamir


>
> Any advice would be appreciated.
>
> Thank you
> Joseph
>

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