Permissions don't require super. Any place where permissions can't be stored certainly can't handle xattrs either. So, I wouldn't expect --fake-super to affect --perms at all.
On 3/12/20 12:46 PM, Dimitrios Apostolou via rsync wrote: > rsync --perms -M--fake-super src dst > > For me, this command means that rsync should save the original perms in the > xattr, and leave the real file mode to the umask default. Currently it also > modifies the real file mode, and there is no way to store something > different > in the xattr. > > According to an old bug report that I found, more people would like > --fake-super to be a complete attribute emulation layer. > > https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7112 > > Do you agree? I'm in the process of implementing this as a bug fix to > rsync, > and would like to know if everybody agrees with this behaviour. The patch > would also modify the man page to document it under --perms. > > > Regards, > Dimitris > > -- ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._., Kevin Korb Phone: (407) 252-6853 Systems Administrator Internet: FutureQuest, Inc. ke...@futurequest.net (work) Orlando, Florida k...@sanitarium.net (personal) Web page: https://sanitarium.net/ PGP public key available on web site. ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,
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