On Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 01:46:44AM -0400, Corey Stup wrote: > Took a while to figure this one out: > > Since "use chroot" defaults to true, I was having issues of UID/GID's > not mapping between servers. On AIX, if chroot() is called, the > getpwuid() calls fail, no longer being able to find /etc/passwd. > Since the that call doesn't differentiate between a 'failure' and a > 'unable to map uid', rsync assumes it can't map the UID and the server > side doesn't send the maps. > > Setting "use chroot" to false is a workaround. Not sure if there is an > easy way to fix this, or its just a caveat that might want to be stated > in the documentation.
That is the way it behaves on all operating systems. It is mentioned in the documentation, but not in a very easy to find place: under the --numeric-ids option. If you suggest a wording for a place in the man pages that would be easy to find, we could put it in. > Also, I would be happy to provide builds of rsync for AIX4.1.5 and > 4.3.3. Martin, you could probably easily give volunteers write access to selected binaries directories by making a password-protected module in /etc/rsyncd.conf for them. I don't see any in there now though so it would be a new precedent. - Dave Dykstra -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
