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on 08/09/12
at 07:54 AM, András Porjesz <andras.porj...@ericsson.com> said:
Hi,
>Thanks, it looks ok, just it is not documented anywhere:
>From the ryncd.conf man page
uid This parameter specifies the user name or user ID
that file transfers to and from that module should
take place as when the daemon was run as root. In
combination with the gid parameter this determines
what file permissions are available. The default is
uid -2, which is normally the user nobody.
>it overwrites
>the -perms flag on the other side.
Not really. Se below.
>So read documentation, it is
>definitely against it: "In summary: to give destination files (both old
>and new) the source permissions, use --perms."
I assume you are referring to the rsync man page which says
-p, --perms
This option causes the receiving rsync to set the
destination permissions to be the same as the
source permissions. (See also the --chmod option
for a way to modify what rsync considers to be the
source permissions.)
What it does not say is that the receiving side needs sufficient
permissions to be able to change the permissions. I guess the man page
authors assumed that someone running rsync on *ix would understand this
implicitly. Running the receiving side as root is one option for ensuring
that the receiver can change permissions. There are others that are more
secure.
Running the receiver as the default nobody user does not turn off --perms,
it simply ensures that the attempt to change permissions is very likely to
fail. One way to make it not fail is to have the module root owned by
nobody.
Regards,
Steven
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