Hi, would someone please clarify the behavior of -X --filter='some_filter' to me? I was trying to copy a file on a NFS4 mount and some extended attributes get transferred only when run as a normal user with --super but not as root. If I have a file on nfs4 mount and I set some extended attributes like this: #rsync --version rsync? version 3.1.3? protocol version 31 Copyright (C) 1996-2018 by Andrew Tridgell, Wayne Davison, and others. Web site: http://rsync.samba.org/ Capabilities: ??? 64-bit files, 64-bit inums, 64-bit timestamps, 64-bit long ints, ??? socketpairs, hardlinks, symlinks, IPv6, batchfiles, inplace, ??? append, ACLs, xattrs, iconv, symtimes, prealloc ... # nfs4_setfacl -a A::root at localhost:rwaxtcy /tmp/nfs_test_mountpoint/test_file # nfs4_setfacl -a A::testuser at localhost:rwaxtcy /tmp/nfs_test_mountpoint/test_file # nfs4_getfacl /tmp/nfs_test_mountpoint/test_file # file: /tmp/nfs_test_mountpoint/test_file D::OWNER@:x A::OWNER@:rwatTcCy A::0:rwaxtcy?? <--------------- A::1000:rwaxtcy? <-------------- A::GROUP@:rwatcy A::EVERYONE@:rtcy Then when I use rsync, different attributes are copied when running as testuser or root: ROOT: # rsync -X --filter='-x! system.nfs4_acl' /tmp/nfs_test_mountpoint/test_file /tmp/nfs_test_mountpoint/test_file_synced_root # nfs4_getfacl /tmp/nfs_test_mountpoint/test_file_synced_root D::OWNER@:x A::OWNER@:rwatTcCy A::0:rxtcy?? <------- A::1000:rxtcy??? <------- A::GROUP@:rtcy A::EVERYONE@:rtcy TESTUSER: # rsync --super -X --filter='-x! system.nfs4_acl' /tmp/nfs_test_mountpoint/test_file /tmp/nfs_test_mountpoint/test_file_synced_user # nfs4_getfacl /tmp/nfs_test_mountpoint/test_file_synced_user D::OWNER@:x A::OWNER@:rwatTcCy A::0:rwaxtcy?? <--------- A::1000:rwaxtcy?? <------- A::GROUP@:rwatcy A::EVERYONE@:rtcy I am really confused as to why the 'wa' attributes get transferred when initiated as a normal user but not as root. Could anyone bring some light into this for me? Thanks. Michal