On Wed, Aug 21, 2002 at 08:57:11AM -0000, Mahesh Chandra Patil
wrote:>
> Hello,
>
> Greetings to all.
>
> I am a newbie to rsync. I have a problem,for which I could not
> find the solution in Rsync Faq o Matiq. Even google couldnt give
> any solution. So finally I am here..
>
> Currently I am using Rsync to backup data from two different
> servers. server (a) and sserver (b). The data from servers a & b
> is rsynce'd to my third machine (c). I have implemented ssh. The
> process is going fine. The data is being sysnced regularly.
>
> the syntax i am using is "/usr/bin/rsync --stats --partial
> --progress --config=/etc/rsyncd.conf -essh -avzp
> 123.456.11.22:/home/source /backup/dest"
--config only applies when starting a daemon which you aren't.
-p is included in -a.
>
> ONly hitch is when ever the data is reaching server (c).. all the
> files are losing their ownership. The file permissions (rwx) is
> ok. But only the ownership is failing.
>
> ON servers (a) and (b) there are various users and they are
> different on a and b ie.. for example the uid 501, is having
> different name on server (a) and different name on server (b). I
> cant create same users on my server (c).
If i understand you correctly you are saying that the
relevant user and group names exist on all three systems
but have differing IDs. That being the case don't use the
--numeric-ids option but make sure that all relevant names
exist in passwd and group.
> I think this will be a great problem when I try to restore the
> data back to the server, as all the ownership of the files will
> fail.
>
> So kindly guide me if there is any option that I am missing.
>
> If this subject is already discussed kindly direct me to the
> source.
It is discussed under -o --owner and -g --group but some
find it subtle. The rsync process on the destination host
must be running as root. This means that your example of
rsync --partial -e ssh -avz 123.456.11.22:/home/source /backup/dest
must be run as root. And if you push the files
rsync -e ssh -avz /backup/dest 123.456.11.22:/home/source
the remote login on the other end must be root as well, the
equivalent of
rsync -e ssh -avz /backup/dest root@123.456.11.22:/home/source
If the destination rsync process is running as a normal user
then all files will be created as that user per POSIX and
SUSv3 standards that disallow giving files away, see chown(2).
Perhaps this should be in a FAQ, it doesn't seem to be.
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