On Thu, Sep 09, 2004 at 11:46:48AM +0200, Essyug wrote: > Why does the rsync running on the client must be root ? It just has to > send the name of the owner of the file to the server which will chown > it.
I misread it as the receiver at first glance, thus the confusion. You're right that the sender doesn't need to be root. However, this topic split into a parallel topic of allowing a receiving rsync on cygwin to be able to chown files in order to try to solve that deficiency. ..wayne.. -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
