not sure if i misunderstood the documentation but my understanding is the -a option preserves ownership and permissions on transfer. i did a remote test and i see ownership changed is that becuase user does not exist in the remote box 4.0K drwxr-xr-x 14 zoe zoe 4.0K 2007-07-15 08:08 zoe but in the remote system they changed to 4.0K drwxr-x--- 8 boricua users 4.0K 2007-05-02 11:07 zoe/ in source box i was root and loged in as boricua to remote box. please shed some light
On 7/30/07, boricua <boricua@despiertapr.com> wrote:> not sure if i misunderstood the documentation but my understanding is > the -a option preserves ownership and permissions on transfer. > > i did a remote test and i see ownership changed > is that becuase user does not exist in the remote box > > 4.0K drwxr-xr-x 14 zoe zoe 4.0K 2007-07-15 08:08 zoe > > but in the remote system they changed to > > 4.0K drwxr-x--- 8 boricua users 4.0K 2007-05-02 11:07 zoe/ > > in source box i was root and loged in as boricua to remote box.Since the receiving (remote) rsync is running as a non-root user, it lacks the power to set file owners to anything other than that user. If you want it to do so, run it as root. Matt
On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 21:33:30 -0400 "Matt McCutchen" <hashproduct+rsync@gmail.com> wrote:> On 7/30/07, boricua <boricua@despiertapr.com> wrote: > > not sure if i misunderstood the documentation but my understanding is > > the -a option preserves ownership and permissions on transfer. > > > > i did a remote test and i see ownership changed > > is that becuase user does not exist in the remote box > > > > 4.0K drwxr-xr-x 14 zoe zoe 4.0K 2007-07-15 08:08 zoe > > > > but in the remote system they changed to > > > > 4.0K drwxr-x--- 8 boricua users 4.0K 2007-05-02 11:07 zoe/ > > > > in source box i was root and loged in as boricua to remote box. > > Since the receiving (remote) rsync is running as a non-root user, it > lacks the power to set file owners to anything other than that user. > If you want it to do so, run it as root. > > Matt >in that case it just gave a user of 500? 4.0K drwxr-xr-x 14 500 502 4.0K 2007-07-15 08:08 zoe/