rsync - Oct 2005 - permission problem

When I rsync a file named test as shown here:

   # rsync  -e 'ssh -l root'  /web/test   w3.xyzco.com:/web/test

the files is sent OK, but the perms and ownership of the existing target
file are not maintained. The target file takes on the perms and owner of
the source file.

I though that if I do not specify the -o and -p options, then the perm and
owner will be the same as the existing target file.

On Tue, Oct 11, 2005 at 10:56:03AM -0400, Paul Sala
wrote:
> I though that if I do not specify the -o and -p options, then the perm
> and owner will be the same as the existing target file.
Not quite.  Copying without -p does maintain the current permissions of
an existing file.  However, copying without -o (and without --inplace)
causes a transferred file to take on the owner of the user running rsync
(the use of --inplace would retain the current owner, but limit the data
reduction possible over the network).

..wayne..