On Wed, 2009-02-11 at 19:05 +0000, Andy Smith wrote: > I am running the following command, it is "pulling" the files > across from a read-only configured rsync server via ssh. The command > runs as root and I use the -p option to preserve permissions but files > with non-root owners are being created/updated as root owned. Can > anyone explain whats wrong and if I can do anything to fix this? > > /usr/local/bin/rsync -r -p -e "ssh -l cacti -i > /home/cacti/.ssh/id_dsa" sourceserver::cacti /usr/home/cacti
Ownership is separate from permissions. To preserve user and group ownership, you need to pass -og . -- Matt -- 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
