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This appears to be a feature :-) I'm running rsync 2.5.5 on Solaris 8, and testing transferring files between two boxes with permission preservation turned *off*. I have three files: 700 with permissions 700 770 with permissions 770 777 with permissions 770 The umask for the target system is set to: 007 [I have checked this via prints from the rsync code] When the files get transferred,

I have another small feature suggestion, it should not cause such a stir as the whole "file list" issue (I kind of wish I never said anything about it :) ). What about adding a "UMASK" setting to rsync (for use on the command line and/or perhaps rsyncd.conf)? I realize that it may be a problem/conflict with -p, but I think it could be a useful feature. -- Aaron W Morris