How do I move my encrypted /home to a new computer? @seb if you are loged in as root on the new computer the chown command should look like this, i think: sudo chown YOURUSER:YOURUSER -R /home/.ecryptfs/YOURUSER /home/YOURUSER
Comparison of backup tools Using
"cp --archive --link --verbose /MAKE_SNAPSHOT{,_`date '+%Y-%m-%d'`}/" and
"rsync -avz --link-dest=../OLD_BACKUP_DIR SOURCE_DIR NEW_BACKUP_DIR"
ist just plain simple. rsnapshot adds some convenience, but maybe you don't need it. personal preference..