rsync - Sep 2005 - Running 'rsync' as root misses files

Hi all,

   I was wondering, I run (inside another program) 'rsync' as
'root'
using '--files-from'. It seems to error though on files with permissions
where 'everyone' does not have read permissions (ie: permissions of 
'0640').

   Is this the normal behaviour for 'rsync' could I be missing
something?

Thanks!

Sounds like rsync is being run, not as root, but as the same user
as that of the program it is called from.
It might be useful to know what you are doing that you think
is running rsync as root.
(In general, having one program with the ability to run a different
program as root is maybe not such a good idea. Unlimited damage.)

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[mailto:rsync-bounces+tony=servacorp.com@lists.samba.org]On Behalf Of
Madison Kelly
Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 2:05 PM
To: rsync@lists.samba.org
Subject: Running 'rsync' as root misses files


Hi all,

   I was wondering, I run (inside another program) 'rsync' as
'root'
using '--files-from'. It seems to error though on files with permissions
where 'everyone' does not have read permissions (ie: permissions of
'0640').

   Is this the normal behaviour for 'rsync' could I be missing
something?

Thanks!
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On Thu, Sep 22, 2005 at 03:05:17PM -0400, Madison Kelly
wrote:
>   I was wondering, I run (inside another program) 'rsync' as
'root'
> using '--files-from'. It seems to error though on files with
permissions
> where 'everyone' does not have read permissions (ie: permissions of
> '0640').
Are you reading from an NFS file system that treats root as nobody?

..wayne..