Package: rsync Version: 3.0.6-1 Severity: wishlist rsync has --fake-super, the ability to store metadata in extended attributes, e.g. in case the filesystem does not support metadata or the user does not have permission to chown() etc.
However, it also still chown()'s and chmod()'s if it can, even with --fake-super, if I pass --uid, --perms, etc. If I do not pass those flags, then it does not chown() and chmod(), but also doesn't store that information in the extended attributes. It would be nice if there was an option to prevent any sort of metadata storage on the destination filesystem (and files would only be created according to the umask). Maybe this should even be inherent in the use of --fake-super. The reason is that I have a few files and directories with 0000 permissions and those create errors on the destination, when storing the backups themselves to tape. It seems a bit counterproductive to store metadata externally but also insist on using chmod() if possible. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-rc5-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages rsync depends on: ii base-files 5.0.0 Debian base system miscellaneous f ii libacl1 2.2.47-3 Access control list shared library ii libc6 2.9-19 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libpopt0 1.14-4 lib for parsing cmdline parameters ii lsb-base 3.2-22 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip rsync recommends no packages. Versions of packages rsync suggests: ii openssh-client 1:5.1p1-6 secure shell client, an rlogin/rsh ii openssh-server 1:5.1p1-6 secure shell server, an rshd repla -- no debconf information -- .''`. martin f. krafft <madd...@d.o> Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck http://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems
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