On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 21:33:30 -0400 "Matt McCutchen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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 > in that case it just gave a user of 500? 4.0K drwxr-xr-x 14 500 502 4.0K 2007-07-15 08:08 zoe/ -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
