Martin McCormick <mar...@dc.cis.okstate.edu> wrote:

>       Rsync is a great utility, but is there a way to preserve
> ownership and permissions if rsync remotely logs in to a backup
> server as a normal user?

AFAIK, no, because only root may change the ownership of a file --
see chown(2).

>       Any ideas are greatly appreciated.

Perhaps you could have rsync log in to a jail on the backup server,
where it could safely be granted root permission.
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