Uwe Brauer wrote (June 20, 2012 12:57 PM): > >> On Tue, 19 Jun 2012 13:50:00 +0000, "Voelker, Bernhard" > >> <bernhard.voel...@siemens-enterprise.com> wrote: > > >> Oh I see misunderstanding then. So what you propose is > >> basically a chown of the directory in question? > > > no. > > > Why not? I am confused. > > If I do, as user1 knowing passwd user2 > Laptop1 > rsync -auvz /home/oub/sourcedir user2@localhost:/media/disk/targetdir > > I have copied the content of sourcedir to target dir on USB, > and owner (UID+GID) is now user2 > > But if as user1 on Laptop1 I do > > rsync -auvz /home/oub/sourcedir /media/disk/targetdir > > sudo chown -R user2 /media/disk/targetdir > sudo chgrp -R user2 /media/disk/targetdir > > I obtain the same result
Ok, the result is the same, but under the hood, there's no chown in the user2@localhost case. And you need root rights for chown while you can savely work without elevated priviledges with user2's pw. > Anyhow the problem is from Laptop2 to the USB, I would need > user2 passwd. no, on Laptop2, you just use oub user ... which has id=1002 and therefore is the owner of the files on the USB drive. That was the goal of the rsync-via-ssh-to-user2@localhost step to have all files owned by 1002. > I think it is best to have the same UID+GID on > both machines. well, probably easier. > > BTW: Why do you need it on the USB drive? I.e. why don't you > > directly rsync from Laptop1 to Laptop2? > > Because the connection is very unreliable, laptop 2 has a > dynamic IP, and I am paranoiac and don't want to have > > sshd: ALL > > in hosts.allow on Laptop1 A bad connection is THE argument, admitted. But I still don't understand why you need to modify hosts.allow. I guess you have changed the settings from the default. I'd use a Firewall to permit this explicitly. Have a nice day, Berny -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
