rsync - Sep 2004 - Problems of preserving file owership and uid&gid options in rsyncd.conf

Hi,

I am trying to transfer some files to a remote rsync server. I have to preserve
the ownership of these files in the remote server for future possibility of
copying them back.

The command I am using is:
rsync -Cav /var/log/mp3log server2::var/log/mp3log

I have tried to add -o and -g options but still can't reach my purpose. I
also remember to add a same user name to the remote rsync server. So what's
the problem of my command?

Another question is: if I don't specify the root uid and gid in rsync.conf,
it seems the rsync on the remote server doesn't has enough privilege to
create folds, because it is using the uid 99 which is nobody. However, I
can't find these same options as mine in the example script files. So what
is the proper way to set the uid and gid options?.

Any suggestion is appreciated. Thanks!

my rsyncd.conf:
uid = root
gid = root

[var]
  path = /var
  comment = /var
  read only = no
  list = yes


Dong
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move your uid and gid into the module.  They are not valid as global 
options.I hope there's something about auth users and a secrets file 
somewhere in there as well, as wide-open root to your /var is ill-advised.

Ding--

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I am trying to transfer some files to a remote rsync server. I have to 
preserve the ownership of these files in the remote server for future 
possibility of copying them back.
 
The command I am using is:
rsync -Cav /var/log/mp3log server2::var/log/mp3log
 
I have tried to add -o and -g options but still can't reach my purpose. I 
also remember to add a same user name to the remote rsync server. So 
what's the problem of my command? 
 
Another question is: if I don't specify the root uid and gid in 
rsync.conf, it seems the rsync on the remote server doesn't has enough 
privilege to create folds, because it is using the uid 99 which is nobody. 
However, I can't find these same options as mine in the example script 
files. So what is the proper way to set the uid and gid options?. 
 
Any suggestion is appreciated. Thanks!
 
my rsyncd.conf:
uid = root
gid = root
[var]
  path = /var
  comment = /var
  read only = no
  list = yes
 
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On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 01:18:43AM -0400, neo wrote:
> However, I can't find these same options as mine in the example script
> files.
FYI, the rsyncd.conf manpage lists all the available options.
> So what is the proper way to set the uid and gid options?
The options as you listed them were fine (assuming that you have a user
and a group "root").  You can also try this instead:

uid = 0
gid = 0

And don't forget to specify access control, to avoid letting anyone
write files into your /var dir.

..wayne..

On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 02:29:30PM -0400, Tim Conway
wrote:
> move your uid and gid into the module.  They are not valid as global 
> options.
Setting the uid and gid in the global context sets the default values
for all of the modules.

..wayne..