On Fri, 27 May 2005 16:22:52 +0200 David Hausheer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is there a way to backup files to a remote machine on which I don't have > root permission, while preserving their uids/gids? I know that only the > super-user can set the owner and group of a file, so what I am actually > looking for is a tool that would store the actual uids/gids of all files > that are backuped by rsync in a kind of meta-file. This file could then > be used to restore the files with their original owner- and group > membership. Depending on the degree of complexity you're willing to play with, 2 projects come immediately to mind (there may be others, dunno): http://freshmeat.net/projects/fakeroot/ http://freshmeat.net/projects/pretendroot/ Determining suitability is left as an exercise for the student. Erik -- "I really want a license to do just two things: make the code available to others, and make sure that improvements stay that way. That's really it. Nothing more, nothing less. Everything else is fluff." -- Linus Torvalds -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
