rsync - Jul 2005 - setuid/setgid bits

version: rsync v2.6.1 (+ a minor, unrelated patch).

   I'm rsyncing files (not as root) and am happy (indeed, for what I
want, delighted) that the files at the target side end up owned by the
account doing the rsync.

   However, I've found that if I have a setuid/setgid file on the source
side, the target file ends up setuid/setgid too (but under a different
id!).  This happens whether or not I specify the "-p" option.

   Am I missing something?

   What I would like to be able to do is to get the target files to have
the source permissions *except* any setuid/setgid setting.  Is this
possible?

On Wed, Jul 06, 2005 at 02:42:56PM +0100, Gordon Lack
wrote:
> What I would like to be able to do is to get the target files to have
> the source permissions *except* any setuid/setgid setting.  Is this
> possible?
You should check into the patches/chmod-option.diff -- that provides an
option, --chmod, that would let you tell rsync to clear all set-id bits
on files (while leaving dirs alone):

    --chmod=F-s

..wayne..