On 12/16/2014 08:45:15 PM, Kevin Korb wrote:
> Only root can chown. If rsync isn't running as root then it ignores
> the --owner part of --archive. This also makes --numeric-ids inert.
>
> Simply put, if you aren't running as root then you can only create
> files owned by your UID. Rsync knows this. Rsync assumes that if
> you
> aren't root you didn't intend the --owner (or --group) part of
> --archive and it ignores those features.
Rsync has enough options that it seems it can be smarter than
it's users. It could be worth adding a --stupid
option to tell rsync to be stupid and complain instead of doing
smart things. This would help people diagnose just what
rsync is doing.
I'm sure this is a lot more work than it sounds. There might
be better ways of reporting what's happening
than by complaining. A displayed table of which options are on/off
or have what value comes to mind. (Too bad that
--stupid would not be the right option name for this. :-)
Just a thought.
Karl <k...@meme.com>
Free Software: "You don't pay back, you pay forward."
-- Robert A. Heinlein
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