On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 11:20:17AM -0000, Leigh Dodd wrote: >> Is it possible to set the u-g-o bits in a Rsync ? >> >> What I want to do is synce files from one machine to another (public web >> machine) so that all the files are READ-ONLY and, of course, the sub >> folders READ+EXECUTE-ONLY. >> >> Can't find any command line options or rsync.conf settings. >> >> Would be nice to have a --chmod-file=xxxx and a --chmod-folder=xxxx >> option, and with the same type of function in the conf file.
>I think something like this has come up before. As it is >you can either bracket the rsync with chmod of the source >or you can chmod -R a-w destination afterwards. To confirm, >i tried playing with umask and a umask of 222 prevented the >transfer. > >If you choose to chmod the destination i'd suggest not using >the -p or -a options. > >PS. In POSIX filesystems we don't have folders. We have >directories. And the difference matters :) Had a play with the chmod -R a-w and it causes all the files to be Read only but, since I'm using a non-root (sync) account to ssh transfer the files, (Paranoid or what :-o.)the next time I try to rsync, the non-root account can't write to the files, of course. Same as your umask 222 Without the -a or -p -o options I get a default rwx,r-x,r-x permissions, (Umask 022) owned by the sync account, which I can work with but all the files are world executable. chmod -R go-x would work fine on the files but would stop access to the sub directories :-) just like umask 033 So one way stops the next rsync from working and the second stops access to dir's I don't want to rsync using root. Still think the easiest way would be to have two options (file + dir chmod's), Can I have them added to the wish list please ? Leigh -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
