On 7/30/07, boricua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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.
Since the receiving (remote) rsync is running as a non-root user, it lacks the power to set file owners to anything other than that user. If you want it to do so, run it as root. Matt -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
