rsync - May 2004 - cwRync and Windows permissions

Hi all,
 
I'm rsyncing a windows 2003 client to a windows 2003 server using the
cwrsync installation package.
 
The trouble is that the permission rights set by rsync on the destination server
are very restrictive
and don't allow another application to access the files. I'd like to
change that.
However, the GID and UID parameters in the rsyncd.conf file don't seem to
manage that. With
the rsync service running as a user or with the system account, it doesn't
change the permissions
the way I want it. I haven't found clear explanations in the web or the
mailing list archives (it looks
way too much linuxian to me !).
 
So, questions :
Is the cwrsync package enough to manage permission rights or do I have to use
the complete
CYGWIN thing ?
If the cwrsynvc package can handle it, how can I set the permissions I want (or
at least make
the destination directory inherit from the permissions set) ?
 
Advices And Answers Are Always Appreciated.
 
St?phane Rohart

I am running a complete Cygwin environment but have the same issue.

I've been having the same trouble particularly in a workgroup environment.
When running an rsync daemon on the cygwin side (including 2.6.2) it does not
correctly set owner, regardless of whether the uid/gid is set in rsync.conf.
Owner is always set to system, the uid of the service process. I have been
testing the chmod-option.diff patch that accompanies the distribution, where I
can set Dugo+rwx,Fugo+rw. This is a reasonable solution for me, but I would of
course prefer that the rsync daemon work appropriately so that o+rw permissions
weren't required.

I have tested this extensively with Cygwin environment ntsec/nontsec etc. and
other cygwin-side options in rsyncd.conf without success. So far it has been
consistent and I have seen numerous other folks with a similar issue. I am
aiming to find a real solution to file ownership if I can and am very open to
testing all suggestions.

Thanks,
Andy


 --- On Mon 05/10, Stephane Rohart < ROHART@archimed.fr > wrote:
From: Stephane Rohart [mailto: ROHART@archimed.fr]
To: rsync@lists.samba.org
Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 11:48:02 +0200
Subject: cwRync and Windows permissions

Hi all,<br> <br>I'm rsyncing a windows 2003 client to a windows
2003 server using the cwrsync installation package.<br> <br>The
trouble is that the permission rights set by rsync on the destination server are
very restrictive <br>and don't allow another application to access the
files. I'd like to change that. <br>However, the GID and UID
parameters in the rsyncd.conf file don't seem to manage that.
With<br>the rsync service running as a user or with the system account, it
doesn't change the permissions<br>the way I want it. I haven't
found clear explanations in the web or the mailing list archives (it
looks<br>way too much linuxian to me !).<br> <br>So, questions
:<br>Is the cwrsync package enough to manage permission rights or do I
have to use the complete <br>CYGWIN thing ?<br>If the cwrsynvc
package can handle it, how can I set the permissions I want (or at least make
<br>the destination directory inherit from the permissions set)
?<br> <br>Advices And Answers Are Always Appreciated.<br>
<br>Stéphane Rohart<br>--<br>To unsubscribe or change options:
http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync<br>Before posting, read:
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html<br>

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Hi,

cwRsync package has a batch file example that corrects permissions problem
at client side. However, this is not the case for the server part.  You
have to manually set a system-wide variable CYGWIN to nontsec and restart
cwRsync service after correcting permissions as you like.

Have a look at

http://www.itefix.no/phpws/index.php?module=faq&FAQ_op=view&FAQ_id=12

In short :

Right click My Computer Go to Properties Go to the Advanced Tab Click
Environment Variables In the bottom section (System variables), add the
new entry: CYGWIN, with value nontsec Restart the rsync service Make sure
the folders you are uploading to have the permissions you want the files
to inherit. Doing this, I?ve found the uploaded files get the correct
permissions.

Rgrds Tev

cwRsync maintainer

NB! cwRsync package does not handle this automatically, because I don't
want to disturb an existing cygwin installation. Maybe, it's time to offer
it as an option.
> Hi all,
>
> I'm rsyncing a windows 2003 client to a windows 2003 server using the
> cwrsync installation package.
>
> The trouble is that the permission rights set by rsync on the destination
> server are very restrictive
> and don't allow another application to access the files. I'd like
to
> change that.
> However, the GID and UID parameters in the rsyncd.conf file don't seem
to
> manage that. With
> the rsync service running as a user or with the system account, it
doesn't
> change the permissions
> the way I want it. I haven't found clear explanations in the web or the
> mailing list archives (it looks
> way too much linuxian to me !).
>
> So, questions :
> Is the cwrsync package enough to manage permission rights or do I have to
> use the complete
> CYGWIN thing ?
> If the cwrsynvc package can handle it, how can I set the permissions I
> want (or at least make
> the destination directory inherit from the permissions set) ?
>
> Advices And Answers Are Always Appreciated.
>
> St?phane Rohart
> --
> To unsubscribe or change options:
> http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync
> Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>

That did the job.
Thank you tevfik !

St?phane

-----Message d'origine-----
De : tevfik@itefix.no [mailto:tevfik@itefix.no] 
Envoy? : lundi 10 mai 2004 16:02
? : Stephane Rohart
Cc : rsync@lists.samba.org
Objet : Re: cwRync and Windows permissions


Hi,

cwRsync package has a batch file example that corrects permissions problem at
client side. However, this is not the case for the server part.  You have to
manually set a system-wide variable CYGWIN to nontsec and restart cwRsync
service after correcting permissions as you like.

Have a look at

http://www.itefix.no/phpws/index.php?module=faq&FAQ_op=view&FAQ_id=12

In short :

Right click My Computer Go to Properties Go to the Advanced Tab Click
Environment Variables In the bottom section (System variables), add the new
entry: CYGWIN, with value nontsec Restart the rsync service Make sure the
folders you are uploading to have the permissions you want the files to inherit.
Doing this, I've found the uploaded files get the correct permissions.

Rgrds Tev

cwRsync maintainer

NB! cwRsync package does not handle this automatically, because I don't want
to disturb an existing cygwin installation. Maybe, it's time to offer it as
an option.
> Hi all,
>
> I'm rsyncing a windows 2003 client to a windows 2003 server using the 
> cwrsync installation package.
>
> The trouble is that the permission rights set by rsync on the 
> destination server are very restrictive and don't allow another 
> application to access the files. I'd like to change that.
> However, the GID and UID parameters in the rsyncd.conf file don't seem
to
> manage that. With
> the rsync service running as a user or with the system account, it
doesn't
> change the permissions
> the way I want it. I haven't found clear explanations in the web or the
> mailing list archives (it looks
> way too much linuxian to me !).
>
> So, questions :
> Is the cwrsync package enough to manage permission rights or do I have 
> to use the complete CYGWIN thing ?
> If the cwrsynvc package can handle it, how can I set the permissions I
> want (or at least make
> the destination directory inherit from the permissions set) ?
>
> Advices And Answers Are Always Appreciated.
>
> St?phane Rohart
> --
> To unsubscribe or change options: 
> http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync
> Before posting, read: 
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>

tevfik@itefix.no writes:
> Have a look at
> 
>
http://www.itefix.no/phpws/index.php?module=faq&FAQ_op=view&FAQ_id=12
> 
> In short :
> 
> Right click My Computer Go to Properties Go to the Advanced Tab Click
> Environment Variables In the bottom section (System variables), add the
> new entry: CYGWIN, with value nontsec Restart the rsync service Make sure
> the folders you are uploading to have the permissions you want the files
> to inherit. Doing this, I’ve found the uploaded files get the correct
> permissions.
It works for me too.  Thanks.

An alternative to the system-wide variable is to add

    --env CYGWIN=nontsec

to the cygrunsrv command-line when you install rsyncd as a service, eg:

    cygrunsrv -I rsyncd --env CYGWIN=nontsec -p c:/cygwin/bin/rsync.exe -a
"--config=/etc/rsyncd.conf --daemon --no-detach"

Craig