https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14683
--- Comment #1 from Ciprian Dorin Craciun <ciprian.crac...@gmail.com> --- I've encountered a similar situation, but with OpenAFS, which for some reason reports the protection for symlinks as `rwxr-xr-x`. Thus using `rsync` with `--perms` and targeting an OpenAFS folder fails with a similar error stating that it can't `chmod` the permissions for that symlink. I am similarly using 3.2.3 on OpenSUSE Tumbleweed (the client) and the same version on OpenSUSE Leap 15.2 (the server). A few monts ago (say January) I've not encountered this error (I'm using the same scripts as before). In essence to reproduce this issue one just has to: ~~~~ mkdir /tmp/source ln -s /dev/null /tmp/source/some-symlink stat /tmp/source/some-symlink # Access: (0777/lrwxrwxrwx) Uid: (1000/ ciprian) Gid: (1000/ ciprian) mkdir /afs/.../target ln -s /dev/null /afs/.../target/some-other-symlink stat /afs/.../target/some-other-symlink # Access: (0755/lrwxr-xr-x) Uid: (33025/ UNKNOWN) Gid: (1000/ ciprian) # up to here we've checked that the source file-system behaves normaly while OpenAFS forces the protection I've stated. rsync -r -p -i --links /tmp/source/some-symlink /afs/.../target/ rsync: [generator] failed to set permissions on "/afs/.../target/some-symlink": Operation not supported (95) cL+++++++++ some-symlink -> /dev/null rsync error: some files/attrs were not transferred (see previous errors) (code 23) at main.c(1330) [sender=3.2.3] ~~~~ (The same happens when the target is via SSH.) -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the QA Contact for the bug. -- 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