20 Nov
2015
20 Nov
'15
1:31 p.m.
Hi Guys,
I need to save and transfer all my Kmail, Knode settings and passwords
to a new machine running Jessie/TDE desktop. However the machine I
need to transfer from is 32 bit and the new one is 64 bit, I don't
know if that makes a difference.
Which files do I need to copy over ? I've already done a backup
of "Home" though some files didn't copy at all but I think that they
were things like sockets.
Thanks in advance for any help.
--
Best Regards:
Baron
20 Nov
20 Nov
1:51 p.m.
New subject: [trinity-users] Backing up !
Am Freitag, 20. November 2015 schrieb Baron:
Hi Guys,
I need to save and transfer all my Kmail, Knode settings and passwords
to a new machine running Jessie/TDE desktop. However the machine I
need to transfer from is 32 bit and the new one is 64 bit, I don't
know if that makes a difference.
Which files do I need to copy over ? I've already done a backup
of "Home" though some files didn't copy at all but I think that they
were things like sockets.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Hi!
64 or 32 does not mater. Either move the whole ~/.trinity folder to the new maschine, or
be more selective.
For kmail do a "find . -iname kmail\*", to get all the files an folders.
You'll need at least:
~/.trinity/share/apps/kmail
~/.trinity/share/config/kmailrc
The Folder, where your mails are stored in:
cat ~/.trinity/share/config/kmailrc|grep folders=
You might also need the tdewallet, if you stored the passwords there:
~/.trinity/share/apps/tdewallet
~/.trinity/share/config/tdewalletrc
~/.trinity/share/apps/tdewallet/kdewallet.kwl
For knode .. I've never used it, so ....
Please write down the passwords for your email accounts prior to moving, 'cause that
was a source of surprises for me :-)
Nik
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Please do not email me anything that you are not comfortable also sharing with the NSA.
2:15 p.m.
New subject: [trinity-users] Backing up !
Hello Nik,
Thank you for your quick reply. My 12 year old P4 dual core is dieing
and I have a new AMD quad core sat here doing nothing but waiting for
me to get round to using it.
On Friday 20 November 2015 13:51:38 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote:
Am Freitag, 20. November 2015 schrieb Baron:
I'm glad that moving from 32 to 64 bit isn't an issue.
Hi Guys,
I need to save and transfer all my Kmail, Knode settings and
passwords to a new machine running Jessie/TDE desktop. However
the machine I need to transfer from is 32 bit and the new one is
64 bit, I don't know if that makes a difference.
Which files do I need to copy over ? I've already done a backup
of "Home" though some files didn't copy at all but I think that
they were things like sockets.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Hi!
64 or 32 does not matter. Either move the whole ~/.trinity folder to
the new machine, or be more selective. For kmail do a "find . -iname kmail\*", to
get all the files an
folders. You'll need at least: ~/.trinity/share/apps/kmail
~/.trinity/share/config/kmailrc
The Folder, where your mails are stored in:
cat ~/.trinity/share/config/kmailrc|grep folders=
Thanks: found them.
You might also need the tdewallet, if you stored the
passwords
there: ~/.trinity/share/apps/tdewallet
~/.trinity/share/config/tdewalletrc
~/.trinity/share/apps/tdewallet/kdewallet.kwl
I don't use Kdewallet ! I've had some previous experience with that
and I don't like it.
For knode .. I've never used it, so ....
I found that data using the same path as above. Thanks:
Please write down the passwords for your email
accounts prior to
moving, 'cause that was a source of surprises for me :-)
Nik
Actually it was keeping hold of the passwords for the various accounts
that was my main concern. I did rather hope that it would just be a
simple file transfer.
--
Best Regards:
Baron
3:16 p.m.
New subject: [trinity-users] Backing up !
On 20/11/2015 14:15, Baron wrote:
Actually it was keeping hold of the passwords for the
various accounts
that was my main concern. I did rather hope that it would just be a
simple file transfer.
I realise it's no help to you but for possible future reference, with
Thunderbird, copying it's profile folder does retain passwords.
--
Mike
11:10 p.m.
New subject: [trinity-users] Backing up !
On Friday 20 November 2015 09:15:29 am Baron wrote:
Hello Nik,
...
I found that data using the same path as above. Thanks:
> Please write down the passwords for your email accounts prior to
> moving, 'cause that was a source of surprises for me :-)
>
> Nik
Actually it was keeping hold of the passwords for the various accounts
that was my main concern. I did rather hope that it would just be a
simple file transfer.
Baron,
I believe it can be done by *moderately* simple file transfer, with one small
complication.
What I do is copy these files from my home directory:
tar cvfW apkmail.tar .trinity/share/apps/kmail/
tar cvfW
configs.tar .trinity/share/config/kmail* .trinity/share/config/email*
.trinity/share/config/kaddress* .trinity/share/config/kwallet*
and then install them on the new drive/partition:
tar -xv --overwrite --totals --file=configs.tar
tar -xv --overwrite --totals --file=apkmail.tar
This works just fine and Kmail will send or receive emails without asking for
a password because the passwords are in ~.trinity/share/config/kmailrc
(munged, not plain text). *However* if this is a first run of Kmail it will
ask for passwords after a reboot. What I do then is repeat:
tar -xv --overwrite --totals --file=configs.tar
and it works fine thereafter. I think.
I'm still working this out, but it seems to work. I do it so seldom I have not
bothered to hunt down the problems, but always meant to. Your post motivated
me to try again. Let me know if it works for you.
Andy
6:26 p.m.
New subject: [trinity-users] Backing up !
On Friday 20 November 2015 14:31:01 Baron wrote:
Hi Guys,
I need to save and transfer all my Kmail, Knode settings and passwords
to a new machine running Jessie/TDE desktop. However the machine I
need to transfer from is 32 bit and the new one is 64 bit, I don't
know if that makes a difference.
Which files do I need to copy over ? I've already done a backup
of "Home" though some files didn't copy at all but I think that they
were things like sockets.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Hi guy,
For Kmail :
# rsync -av --del /home/<user>/.trinity/share/apps/kmail/
<IP other pc>: /home/<user>/.trinity/share/apps/kmail/
works fine but in 100% terminal (not with xorg) on the both pc.
André
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