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Aspirant

Dec 27, 2015

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How to Transfer Share/Folder from one box to another

I have 2 RN102 boxes and i am looking to transfer 1 folder from box 1 to box 2. I want to do this with out using my laptop as the middle man for the data and i am new to this whole thing. I setup...

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SvPir8
Dec 29, 2015
Ok, i got it...

the original post said to setup the back-up on the receiving box. That was where the mistake was made.... it should have been a back-up coming from the sending box.

I tried resetting the permissions when doing the back-up from the receiving box... Didn't work. Once i setup the back-up from the sending box everything worked great through NFS

So... Mission Accomplished.

Thanks!

SvPir8

Aspirant

Dec 28, 2015

StephenB wrote:
Odd. Did you try resetting the share permissions on the source?

I am not quite sure how to do that. Do the permisssions have to be reset on just the box that the share started on?

SvPir8

Aspirant

Dec 29, 2015

Ok, i got it...

the original post said to setup the back-up on the receiving box. That was where the mistake was made.... it should have been a back-up coming from the sending box.

I tried resetting the permissions when doing the back-up from the receiving box... Didn't work. Once i setup the back-up from the sending box everything worked great through NFS

So... Mission Accomplished.

Thanks!

StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Dec 29, 2015
SvPir8 wrote:

Ok, i got it...

the original post said to setup the back-up on the receiving box. That was where the mistake was made.... it should have been a back-up coming from the sending box.

Either way works - so that shouldn't have mattered. I always run the backups on the receiving box.