Hello again. Here follows a complete report of the problem. I am using Windows 7 Ultimate with Service Pack 1. I am using Cygwin's latest (to this date) edition. I have only installed rsync / openssh / openssl packages besides the base system. Cygwin is installed on its default location (c:\cygwin).
In order to backup data from four different servers, i am using a text file i created (getServers.sh) and a file containing excludes for rsync (exclude.rs). The contents of the getServers.sh file are seven lines, identical in syntax to this one: rsync -e 'ssh -p 22 -l root' -z --delete-excluded --verbose --recursive --delete --update --exclude-from=exclude.rs root@<server name>:xms/home /cygdrive/e/MyNetworkServers/XMS-home The contents of the 'exclude.rs' file are irrelevant to the problem, since it occurs even with this file left empty. The size of the backup exceeds 35 GB, with many folders and files. The backup itself is being written to a folder i created from within Cygwin, on drive E. The folder was completely empty when i first run my getServers.sh file, so all the files in it were also created by cygwin alone. So, everything went smoothly, during the first backup, but one day later, running the getServers.sh results in something like this: home/s2-111-maxkq/xmsUserFiles/xmsUserItems/n221.jpg home/s2-111-maxkq/xmsUserFiles/xmsUserItems/n228.jpg home/s2-111-maxkq/xmsUserFiles/xmsUserItems/n229.jpg home/s2-111-maxkq/xmsUserFiles/xmsUserItems/s221.jpg home/s2-111-maxkq/xmsUserFiles/xmsUserItems/s228.jpg home/s2-111-maxkq/xmsUserFiles/xmsUserItems/s229.jpg rsync: opendir "/cygdrive/e/MyNetworkServers/XMS-home/home/s3-064-nwukk/xmsAssets/Image/EIRINI/Master_Hairstylist_of_the_Year" failed: Permission denied (13) IO error encountered -- skipping file deletion home/s4-042-zgpro/xmsAssets/Image/VETA_SA/KENTRIKH_SELIDA/bannerkentroEN.gif home/s4-044-axguq/xmsAssets/Image/VETA_SA/DEUTSCH/bannerkentroDE.gif So, this 'Master_Hairstylist_of_the_Year' directory, which (i repeat) was created by cygwin itself during the first backup, is no longer reachable? Let's see the dir: ls -al results in this: d---------+ 1 zzz None 0 Mar 8 03:03 DOLORES d---------+ 1 zzz None 0 Mar 8 03:03 DUBLIN_2011 d---------+ 1 zzz None 0 Mar 8 03:03 KATASTHMATA d---------+ 1 zzz None 0 Mar 8 03:03 KEUNE_TREND_COLLECTION_-_MEN d---------+ 1 zzz None 0 Mar 8 03:03 LOGO_KOMMWTHRIWN d---rwx---+ 1 zzz None 0 Mar 8 19:53 Master_Hairstylist_of_the_Year d---------+ 1 zzz None 0 Mar 8 03:03 NEA d---------+ 1 zzz None 0 Mar 8 03:03 OMC_2011_FWTO d---------+ 1 zzz None 0 Mar 8 03:03 OMC_SHOW_PARIS If i check the directory's permissions via Windows, everything appears almost normal: its owner is zzz, however zzz does not have full access control over it, thus it can not be deleted even from within Windows. As a matter of fact, the only way to delete it is by going to "Advance Permissions" and fixing the zzz's permissions from there. ls -al on the linux server from where the dir originates: drwxrwxrwx 3 s3-064-nwukk s3-064-nwukk 4.0K Feb 23 02:25 DOLORES drwxrwxrwx 2 s3-064-nwukk s3-064-nwukk 4.0K Mar 1 06:14 DUBLIN_2011 drwxrwxrwx 10 s3-064-nwukk s3-064-nwukk 4.0K Feb 23 02:25 KATASTHMATA drwxrwxrwx 2 s3-064-nwukk s3-064-nwukk 4.0K Feb 23 02:25 KEUNE_TREND_COLLECTION_-_MEN drwxrwxrwx 4 s3-064-nwukk s3-064-nwukk 4.0K Feb 23 02:25 LOGO_KOMMWTHRIWN drwxrwxrwx 2 www-data www-data 4.0K Mar 8 04:42 Master_Hairstylist_of_the_Year drwxrwxrwx 3 s3-064-nwukk s3-064-nwukk 4.0K Feb 23 02:25 NEA drwxrwxrwx 2 s3-064-nwukk s3-064-nwukk 4.0K Feb 23 02:25 OMC_2011_FWTO drwxrwxrwx 3 s3-064-nwukk s3-064-nwukk 4.0K Feb 23 02:25 OMC_SHOW_PARIS Finally the rsyncd.conf on the linux server is : uid = zzz gid = nogroup read only = false use chroot = true transfer logging = true log format = %h %o %f %l %b log file = /var/log/rsyncd.log hosts allow = <list of IP Addresses> strict modes = false incoming chmod = Dugo=rwx,Fugo=rw,Fgo=r [xms] path = / comment = xms Any further help will be appreciated. Kind Regards, Panos -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
