Re: In place upgrade to 18.04 LTS

On Thu, Aug 1, 2019 at 7:02 PM Dashamir Hoxha <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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
>

This script is almost the same, but without the part that checks for
vagrant and guest accounts:
https://gitlab.com/docker-scripts/desktop/blob/master/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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