On the source system: $ rsync --version rsync version 2.6.8 protocol version 29 Copyright (C) 1996-2006 by Andrew Tridgell, Wayne Davison, and others. <http://rsync.samba.org/> Capabilities: 64-bit files, socketpairs, hard links, ACLs, symlinks, batchfiles, inplace, IPv6, file flags, 32-bit system inums, 64-bit internal inums ...
$ ll -d fcst-200[89] fcst-201[01] dr-xr-xr-x 2 perryh perryh 7168 Nov 27 2009 fcst-2008 dr-xr-xr-x 2 perryh perryh 9216 Jul 21 2010 fcst-2009 drwxr-xr-x 2 perryh perryh 9216 Jul 7 2011 fcst-2010 drwxr-xr-x 2 perryh perryh 4608 Jul 7 2011 fcst-2011 $ rsync -uHSxz4rlptOgv --itemize-changes -e rsh fcst-200[89] fcst-201[01] fbsd81:/home/perryh building file list ... done rsync: failed to modify permissions on "/home/perryh/fcst-2008": Operation not permitted (1) rsync: failed to modify permissions on "/home/perryh/fcst-2009": Operation not permitted (1) sent 15794 bytes received 20 bytes 31628.00 bytes/sec total size is 278224 speedup is 17.59 rsync error: some files could not be transferred (code 23) at main.c(892) [sender=2.6.8] On the destination system: $ ll -d fcst-200[89] fcst-201[01] dr-xr-xr-x 2 perryh perryh uchg,uunlnk 7168 Nov 27 2009 fcst-2008 dr-xr-xr-x 2 perryh perryh uchg,uunlnk 9216 Jul 21 2010 fcst-2009 drwxr-xr-x 2 perryh perryh uchg,uunlnk 9216 Jul 7 2011 fcst-2010 drwxr-xr-x 2 perryh perryh uchg,uunlnk 4608 Jul 7 2011 fcst-2011 $ rsync --version rsync version 3.0.7 protocol version 30 Copyright (C) 1996-2009 by Andrew Tridgell, Wayne Davison, and others. Web site: http://rsync.samba.org/ Capabilities: 64-bit files, 32-bit inums, 32-bit timestamps, 64-bit long ints, socketpairs, hardlinks, symlinks, IPv6, batchfiles, inplace, append, ACLs, xattrs, no iconv, symtimes ... The question is: why does rsync attempt (and fail) to change the permissions of two destination directories, and not the other two, when the permissions of all four destination directories already match the corresponding source directories? (The change attempt fails because of the destinations' uchg,uunlnk flags, but as far as I can see the change should never have been attempted in the first place.) -- 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
