Tevfik, Thanks for the pointer. I may move this over to cwRsync just to keep a good record of it in multiple places.
I don't care about porting the permissions over from/to *nix -- I have a cron that resets the perms on the folder structure on the *nix machines (QNX 6.3 if you're interested). The real problem is that when an operator makes a change on UI1 and runs the sync batch file, all the other UIs end up with read-only perms. If I run that command on the folder /stuff will all of the subfolders inherit those permissions? Thanks for your help again. Erik Jacobs -----Original Message----- From: Tevfik Karagülle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 5:35 PM To: 'Erik Jacobs' Cc: rsync@lists.samba.org Subject: RE: cwrsync server 2.0.4 / winxp / ownership problems? Hi Erik, Since cwrsync contains some windows-specific arrangements not directly related to rsync itself, I've established a cwrsync discussion forum half a year ago. It is available at http://www.itefix.no/phpws/index.php?module=phpwsbb&PHPWSBB_MAN_OP=viewforum &PHPWS_MAN_ITEMS=1 . You may consider to post your problem at this forum as well. Back to your problem: By default, cwrsync is configured to not to map unix permissions to windows equivalents (env.variable CYGWIN=nontsec). In other words, what you set as windows permissions on your directories will not be disturbed by cwrsync. If you want to give your admins write permissions on /stuff/windows, you may simply run the command below only once: Xcacls "windows directory behind module crystal_windows" /T /E /G Administrators:F Best regards Tev cwRsync maintainer http://itefix.no/cwrsync http://sourceforge.net/projects/sereds > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Erik Jacobs > Sent: 30. januar 2006 22:25 > To: rsync@lists.samba.org > Subject: cwrsync server 2.0.4 / winxp / ownership problems? > > Hi all! > > We're using cwrsync server 2.0.4 on winxp to keep files up to > date between some operator machines. > > Whenever I run rsync to send files to another machine, the > read-only flag gets set. The cwrsync user was created (the > install is completely standard)... so I'm thinking it might > have something to do with that. > > Here's my rsyncd.conf: > > use chroot = false > strict modes = false > hosts allow = * > log file = rsyncd.log > pid file = rsyncd.pid > > [crystal_windows] > path=/stuff/windows > read only=false > comment=some stuff > > When I run the following command from my laptop: > rsync -vzrLpogtu /stuff/windows/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]::crystal_windows > > It sets *ALL* the files in the /stuff/windows folder on the > remote machine to read-only. > > This is a big problem because it means that when an operator > goes to edit a file in the windows folder with a program, he > has to first make the file not read only. > > Is it possible to change the cwrsync configuration so that it > runs as the same user that the operator logs in as? I'm > thinking that for some reason windows is getting confused and > setting the ownership to the cwrsync user and that's why the > operator user sees the file as read-only. Because the > operator is an administrator, the read-only can be turned > off, but every time rsync touches the folder it seems to > reset all the permissions settings. > > Thanks in advance! > > -- > To unsubscribe or change options: > https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync > Before posting, read: > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
