On Fri, Sep 29, 2000 at 09:59:05AM +0100, David Brownlee wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Gunther Nikl wrote:
> 
> >     - mount your /usr partition to eg. /mnt
> >     - cd /usr ; tar -cf - . | (cd /mnt && tar -xf -)
> >       (be _very_ careful with the above commandline!)
> >     - edit /etc/fstab and add the correct /usr mount data
> 
> 	Please do not try the above - you will lose the setuid bits on
> 	programs and su and various other tools will beak for non root
> 	use.

  Even if the the tar is run as root? I assume he must do it as root.

  Gunther