permission denined transfering files from one sever to another

[Bloke2]

I accidentally deleted my public_html folder. We just moved from an old server so I still have it. I am trying to transfer the folder "public_html" from one server to another and getting errors. Many more permission errors after what I posted. These were working but some files had permission errors so I deleted everything thinking this would solve it. Not it won't transfer anything.

I tried both of these:
rsync -rltzuv /home/user/public_html [email protected]:/home/user
rsync -av /home/user/public_html [email protected]:/home/user


stdin: is not a tty
building file list ... done
public_html/
rsync: failed to set times on "/home/user/public_html": Operation not permitted (1)
public_html/.htaccess
public_html/_vti_inf.html
public_html/favicon.ico
public_html/index.php
public_html/postinfo.html
public_html/robots.txt
public_html/_private/
rsync: recv_generator: mkdir "/home/user/public_html/_private" failed: Permission denied (13)
*** Skipping any contents from this failed directory ***

 

[Bloke2]

Or is someone can give me the steps to tar it, send it to the new server and unzip it. All the instructions I have read are not clear.
I have seen this but don't want to make anymore mistakes. Not sure what they mean by "above public html" :
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cd ..
tar -crf public_html.tar public_html
gzip public_html.tar
scp public_html.tar.gz [email protected]'s-IP:/home/where-ever/the-directory-is/above-public_html/
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Then:
gunzip public_html.tar.gz
tar xvf publc_html.tar

 

[Bloke2]

I tried this to zip the folder and I get no file or directory. After I log in to SSH do I need to type something first?

tar -pczf backup.tar.gz home/username/public_html/

 

[cPanelMichael]

I have seen this but don't want to make anymore mistakes. Not sure what they mean by "above public html" :

Hello

It's referring to /home/$username/.

Thank you.

 

[Bloke2]

I have so many instructions on how to transfer the files I am confused. At first I thought it was working just transferring but many of the files failed due to permissions. Then I deleted everything in the public_html folder assuming this would help. Can anyone give me instructions on the best way to do it? Some say it needs to be zipped, moved , and then unzipped.

Shouldn't this work? Do I need to makse sure the public_html folder is on the new server? I have a backup but can't find it doing LS.

rsync -rltzuv /home/username/public_html [email protected]:/home/username

 

[cPanelMichael]

The instructions in your second post to this thread should work. Just ensure the ownership of your files are correct after the extraction, and the permissions/ownership on the public_html directory matches the format of your other accounts.

Thank you.

 

[Bloke2]

After I log in, I have to cd to the /home/username/public_html before I run
tar -crf public_html.tar public_html
gzip public_html.tar

And are these two run one at a time?

And I login on the other server do I have to be in the directory to run these?
gunzip public_html.tar.gz
tar xvf publc_html.tar


Tried:
tar -crf public_html.tar public_html
Got this:
tar: You may not specify more than one `-Acdtrux' option
Try `tar --help' or `tar --usage' for more information.

 

[Bloke2]

tar -cf public_html.tar public_html
gzip public_html.tar
scp public_html.tar.gz [email protected]:/home/user/


I got it zipped and now I get this when i try to transer it.
stdin: is not a ttystdin: is not a tty

 

[Bloke2]

I transferred it and did a ls on the home directory and can see it listed there.
Then I did gunzip public_html.tar.gz

gzip: public_html.tar.gz: No such file or directory

 

[Bloke2]

I am signed into the new server in /home/user/ directory and tried gunzip public_html.tar.gz and it says no such file or directory. Any idea why this is not working? I can see it there when I run "ls" its in red and the file is called public_html.tar. I can list the files inside the public_html.tar

 

[Bloke2]

I was able to get it transferred over.

 

[cPanelMichael]

I was able to get it transferred over.

I am happy to see you were able to complete the transfer. Would you mind sharing which steps you ultimately utilized?

Thank you.