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. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
