Re: osx remote backup wrong permissions

2010-11-04 Thread Robert DuToit
Hi All, On Oct 31, 2010, at 5:12 PM, Wayne Davison wrote: > On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Robert DuToit wrote: > Does the server (or other computer in this case) always need a root account > established for this to work? I tried everything else and the owner always > became that of the rem

Re: osx remote backup wrong permissions

2010-10-31 Thread Robert DuToit
On Oct 31, 2010, at 5:12 PM, Wayne Davison wrote: > On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Robert DuToit wrote: > Does the server (or other computer in this case) always need a root account > established for this to work? I tried everything else and the owner always > became that of the remote user

Re: osx remote backup wrong permissions

2010-10-31 Thread Wayne Davison
On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Robert DuToit wrote: > Does the server (or other computer in this case) always need a root account > established for this to work? I tried everything else and the owner always > became that of the remote user. > The user running the receiving rsync needs to be a

Re: osx remote backup wrong permissions

2010-10-31 Thread Robert DuToit
Hi All, FWIW, I got my test to work. I realized the permissions were actually ok- the owner/group bits were off. I set up a root account on the other laptop and logged out of it then ran /rsync -aNHAXx --protect-args --fileflags --protect-decmpfs --force-change --stats --progress -v --rsync-p

Re: osx remote backup wrong permissions

2010-10-30 Thread Robert DuToit
On Oct 30, 2010, at 8:27 PM, Mike Bombich wrote: > > On Oct 30, 2010, at 9:02 AM, Robert DuToit wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> I'm trying a remote backup for the first time. It is between two laptops, I >> installed rsync 3.0.7 on both compiled >> >> patch -p1 > >> patch -p1 > >> patch -p1 > >

Re: osx remote backup wrong permissions

2010-10-30 Thread Mike Bombich
On Oct 30, 2010, at 9:02 AM, Robert DuToit wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm trying a remote backup for the first time. It is between two laptops, I > installed rsync 3.0.7 on both compiled > > patch -p1 > patch -p1 > patch -p1 > patch -p1 f > patch -p1 > ./configure > > make > > this all wo

osx remote backup wrong permissions

2010-10-30 Thread Robert DuToit
Hi All, I'm trying a remote backup for the first time. It is between two laptops, I installed rsync 3.0.7 on both compiled patch -p1 https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html