Re: rsync on Windows questions

2016-07-01 Thread Fabian Cenedese
At 10:35 01.07.2016, Fabian Cenedese wrote: >At 10:12 01.07.2016, Simon Hobson wrote: >>> I'm having problems with the user rights. The backup works >>> ok but after restoring some files I can't access them. >> >>That's to be expected. >>NTFS has a very rich permissions system and rsync won't be ca

Re: rsync on Windows questions

2016-07-01 Thread Fabian Cenedese
At 10:12 01.07.2016, Simon Hobson wrote: >> I'm having problems with the user rights. The backup works >> ok but after restoring some files I can't access them. > >That's to be expected. >NTFS has a very rich permissions system and rsync won't be capturing that. >While it's a PITA, your best best

Re: rsync on Windows questions

2016-07-01 Thread Simon Hobson
Fabian Cenedese wrote: > I'm having problems with the user rights. The backup works > ok but after restoring some files I can't access them. That's to be expected. NTFS has a very rich permissions system and rsync won't be capturing that. While it's a PITA, your best best is resetting permissio

rsync on Windows questions

2016-07-01 Thread Fabian Cenedese
Hi I'm using a cygwin compiled rsync on Windows to backup and restore files from my local Windows computer. I'm trying several destination types: - remote with rsync:// - Samba share \\Server\Share - local drive I'm having problems with the user rights. The backup works ok but after restoring so