Getting closer on Server issue

[Karl Auer]

On Mon, 2017-01-23 at 16:23 -0600, Dr. Mikeal Hughes wrote:
> Ok I figured out my user name and password was able to log into my
> server finally. Put my live cd in rebooted. Saw both hard Drives
> fine.  So I highlighted and tried to drag my /etc directory to the
> new server hoping to replace the /etc there. Then was going to do the
> /var to get all my files there the public/www/mikealrhughes.com <http
> ://mikealrhughes.com/>. But I get a message can’t do it I don’t have
> permission. The $64,000 question. How do I get permission within my
> live CD to be able to get the coping accomplished. Or is there a way
> with both drives hooked to the computer I could do some type of copy
> from the backup drive over to the server drive? getting my apache2
> config files, wordpress files, virtual host files over so the Server
> and Webpage will come up again?

Because you are working with system files, you need to have root
privileges to move or overwrite them. Use sudo on the command line when
booted off the LiveCD, or (and use this suggestion with EXTREME care)
start a root-capable file manager by running the command "gksudo
nautilus" in a terminal window.

BE WARNED: Just overwriting /etc, /var and so on is very likely to
break the installation on the new server. Be selective.

Regards, K.

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