Re: all files seems to be owned by the actual user

2008-12-07 Thread Brian Dessent
Matthias Meyer wrote: > Please can you say what I have to do? > Should rsync -a --super /cygdrive/c/data /cygdrive/c/backup do the job what > I want? Yes, that ought to work. Does it? Brian -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.

Re: all files seems to be owned by the actual user

2008-12-07 Thread Matthias Meyer
Brian Dessent wrote: > Matthias Meyer wrote: > >> I've tried also ntsec, binmode and "". > > Why are you doing these things? Are you following somebody's "guide"? > Please tell them that they are spreading useless information if that is > the case. ntsec is the default. binmode is the default

Re: all files seems to be owned by the actual user

2008-12-07 Thread Brian Dessent
Matthias Meyer wrote: > I've tried also ntsec, binmode and "". Why are you doing these things? Are you following somebody's "guide"? Please tell them that they are spreading useless information if that is the case. ntsec is the default. binmode is the default and is irrelevant for files anywa

Re: all files seems to be owned by the actual user

2008-12-07 Thread Matthias Meyer
Brian Dessent wrote: > Matthias Meyer wrote: > >> Another strangely effect is that "ls -alnh /" lists all files as owned by >> the actual user. >> If I do that as another user the files will also be listet as owned by >> him, the user who runs the ls. >> >> What is the reason for that? > > You

Re: all files seems to be owned by the actual user

2008-12-06 Thread Brian Dessent
Matthias Meyer wrote: > Another strangely effect is that "ls -alnh /" lists all files as owned by > the actual user. > If I do that as another user the files will also be listet as owned by him, > the user who runs the ls. > > What is the reason for that? You instructed Cygwin to not read or wri

all files seems to be owned by the actual user

2008-12-06 Thread Matthias Meyer
Hi, I define CYGWIN=nontsec as global environment variable. After reboot I install the cygwin-setup-2.602.exe. I only add rsync to the pre selected modules. Then I logged in into the cygwin bash (by using the icon on the desktop) There I tried "rsync -a /cygdrive/c/work /cygdrive/c/backup" All fil