You need to create an rsyncd.conf file that specifies uid root, and call
rsync with that conf file when you start the daemon. Otherwise the
daemon spawns processes as nobody by default, and "nobody" can't write
files as other users. Check man rsyncd.conf for details.
Jim Salter
JRS Systems
I start it as root...
evedir01:/export/home#ps -ef | grep rsync
root 19760 1 0 23:48:03 ? 0:00 rsync --daemon
evedir01:/export/home#
but... once I start my transfer from the source I see a daemon fire up as
nobody..
evedir01:/etc/inet#ps -ef | grep rsync
nobody 20050 19760 1 00:01:19 ? 0:00 rsync --daemon
root 19760 1 0 23:48:03 ? 0:00 rsync --daemon
evedir01:/etc/inet#
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Salter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 11:59 PM
To: Loukinas, Jeremy
Subject: Re: Rsync not preserving owner/group
The rsync process on the receiving end is probably running as nobody.
If you want it to be able to set file ownership, you'll need to run it
as root.
Jim Salter
JRS Systems
For some reason when using -owner -group my files end up being
nobody:nobody
on the destination..?
This is Solaris 9.
Jeremy S. Loukinas
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