hello,
i've rsync installed: rsync version 2.6.9pre3 protocol version 29 Capabilities: 64-bit files, socketpairs, hard links, symlinks, batchfiles, inplace, no IPv6, 32-bit system inums, 64-bit internal inums i'm PULLing via rsync+ssh from BoxA to BoxB, eg: [EMAIL PROTECTED] /tmp > /usr/local/rsync/bin/rsync \ --rsh=/usr/local/openssh/bin/ssh \ --rsync-path=/usr/local/rsync/bin/rsync \ --verbose --stats \ --archive \ --super --owner --group --numeric-ids \ --recursive \ --no-implied-dirs \ --compress-level=0 \ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/test /tmp/rsync the SRC dir '/var/test", [EMAIL PROTECTED] /var/test > ls -al total 4 drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Nov 6 07:05 . drwxr-xr-x 30 root wheel 1020 Nov 6 07:05 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 165 Nov 6 07:24 test.txt IS successfully archived in "tmp" dir/file, [EMAIL PROTECTED] /tmp/rsync > ls -al total 4 drwxr-xr-x 3 unknown unknown 102 Nov 6 07:05 ./ drwxr-xr-x 3 unknown unknown 102 Nov 6 07:40 ../ -rw-r--r-- 1 unknown unknown 165 Nov 6 07:24 test.txt but, although the creation times/dates are maintained, the user:group are NOT ... changed, instead to "unknown":"unknown" what MORE/DIFFERENT needs to be set to preserve orig/source user:group? thanks. -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html