.viminfo and other mysteries
With two more new hard drives in as many days - I'm once again re-doing my install (read: asking for trouble).
First step is backups - for this I'm testing Synchronize Pro X - I bought SuperDuper but determined there are somethings about it I don't like so I've kept looking for my 'long-term' backup solution. TimeMachine will still be used to capture hourly backups/versioning.
When I backed up my current User directory - some files failed due to permission. The files were:
guest: .CFUserTestEncoding
user1: .asadminpass
user1: .asadmintruststore
user1: Library:Preferencees:com.prosofteng.databackup:restartinfo
user1: .viminfo
Using Terminal I ran ls -ale to check permissions - which look like this:
-rw------- 1 user1 staff 3 26 Mar 15:09 .CFUserTextEncoding
-rw------- 1 root staff 118 6 Apr 01:49 .asadminpass
-rw------- 1 root staff 807 6 Apr 01:49 .asadmintruststore
-rw------- 1 root staff 936 12 Apr 20:07 .viminfo
I'm setup with the HD configuration outlined here - which I like:
http://www.macgurus.com/productpages/guides/MoveUsers.php
However, it means my User directory is not on the OS disk and thus "fix permissions" in Disk Utility cannot be used - or rather, it has no impact.
For that reason as well, this is not a bootable backup that I am running - simply want to clone the User directory.
After quite a bit of Googling - I'm guessing I could do the following to resolve:
.CFUserTextEncoding:
I think I should be able to simply replace the entire "guest" folder under Users with the "guest" folder that is generated with the new OS installation on the new hard drive. I don't use this account, so it should all be defaults. Anyone have a reason why I shouldn't do this?
.asadminpass / .asadmintruststore
I don't know what these are but they seem to be related to NetBeans / GlassFish - which I have installed. I figured I could just un-install and then re-install NetBeans on new OS installation.
The Library Preference file in question belongs to another backup software I was testing - I can just uninstall it - don't need it.
.viminfo
No idea what this is. Is it related to VIM Editor? It seems to be part of Mac OS install - and causes problems if it's not working properly. Can I replace the current old one with one from the clean OS install - if so - how do I copy / replace hidden files from one drive to another?
I really would like to just do a clean install and not even keep my User file - reinstall apps and everything. However, I am nervous to do this because I have keychain in use and wondering if I can/will lock myself out of files such as Mail, etc. Applications I can uninstall before I install on the new harddrive so that should avoid any licensing issues.
Need some advise from someone "in the know" please.
First step is backups - for this I'm testing Synchronize Pro X - I bought SuperDuper but determined there are somethings about it I don't like so I've kept looking for my 'long-term' backup solution. TimeMachine will still be used to capture hourly backups/versioning.
When I backed up my current User directory - some files failed due to permission. The files were:
guest: .CFUserTestEncoding
user1: .asadminpass
user1: .asadmintruststore
user1: Library:Preferencees:com.prosofteng.databackup:restartinfo
user1: .viminfo
Using Terminal I ran ls -ale to check permissions - which look like this:
-rw------- 1 user1 staff 3 26 Mar 15:09 .CFUserTextEncoding
-rw------- 1 root staff 118 6 Apr 01:49 .asadminpass
-rw------- 1 root staff 807 6 Apr 01:49 .asadmintruststore
-rw------- 1 root staff 936 12 Apr 20:07 .viminfo
I'm setup with the HD configuration outlined here - which I like:
http://www.macgurus.com/productpages/guides/MoveUsers.php
However, it means my User directory is not on the OS disk and thus "fix permissions" in Disk Utility cannot be used - or rather, it has no impact.
For that reason as well, this is not a bootable backup that I am running - simply want to clone the User directory.
After quite a bit of Googling - I'm guessing I could do the following to resolve:
.CFUserTextEncoding:
I think I should be able to simply replace the entire "guest" folder under Users with the "guest" folder that is generated with the new OS installation on the new hard drive. I don't use this account, so it should all be defaults. Anyone have a reason why I shouldn't do this?
.asadminpass / .asadmintruststore
I don't know what these are but they seem to be related to NetBeans / GlassFish - which I have installed. I figured I could just un-install and then re-install NetBeans on new OS installation.
The Library Preference file in question belongs to another backup software I was testing - I can just uninstall it - don't need it.
.viminfo
No idea what this is. Is it related to VIM Editor? It seems to be part of Mac OS install - and causes problems if it's not working properly. Can I replace the current old one with one from the clean OS install - if so - how do I copy / replace hidden files from one drive to another?
I really would like to just do a clean install and not even keep my User file - reinstall apps and everything. However, I am nervous to do this because I have keychain in use and wondering if I can/will lock myself out of files such as Mail, etc. Applications I can uninstall before I install on the new harddrive so that should avoid any licensing issues.
Need some advise from someone "in the know" please.
Mac Pro 2.8 (Early 2008), Mac OS X (10.5.3)