On Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 12:46:51PM -0500, Dave Mielke wrote: > No, that'd still be unsafe. It needs to be predictable so that access > rights aren't being inadvertently granted to those who shouldn't have > them.
An ID offset is predictable: you simply specify an offset that elevates the ID numbers to a value above what you use on your systems for real users. The only potential problem I can see is if you might have unexpected unreal IDs in a backup transfer -- i.e. if you did a backup operation to a system that is going to do a backup operation. To combat that, the option could be changed to something like --id-offset=+5000 when backing up, and --id-offset=-5000 when restoring, and that would prevent a backup copy from ever turning a >5000 ID into one <5000 unexpectedly. Perhaps this what you meant? ..wayne.. -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html