not sure if i misunderstood the documentation but my understanding is the -a option preserves ownership and permissions on transfer.
i did a remote test and i see ownership changed is that becuase user does not exist in the remote box 4.0K drwxr-xr-x 14 zoe zoe 4.0K 2007-07-15 08:08 zoe but in the remote system they changed to 4.0K drwxr-x--- 8 boricua users 4.0K 2007-05-02 11:07 zoe/ in source box i was root and loged in as boricua to remote box. please shed some light -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
