Kevin Korb <k...@sanitarium.net> wrote: > On Sun, 3 Sep 2023, Perry Hutchison via rsync wrote: > > On the source system: > > ... > > $ ll -d fcst-200[89] fcst-201[01] > > dr-xr-xr-x 2 perryh perryh 7168 Nov 27 2009 fcst-2008 > > dr-xr-xr-x 2 perryh perryh 9216 Jul 21 2010 fcst-2009 > > drwxr-xr-x 2 perryh perryh 9216 Jul 7 2011 fcst-2010 > > drwxr-xr-x 2 perryh perryh 4608 Jul 7 2011 fcst-2011 > > > > $ rsync -uHSxz4rlptOgv --itemize-changes -e rsh fcst-200[89] fcst-201[01] > > fbsd81:/home/perryh > > building file list ... done > > rsync: failed to modify permissions on "/home/perryh/fcst-2008": Operation > > not permitted (1) > > rsync: failed to modify permissions on "/home/perryh/fcst-2009": Operation > > not permitted (1) > > ... > > > > On the destination system: > > > > $ ll -d fcst-200[89] fcst-201[01] > > dr-xr-xr-x 2 perryh perryh uchg,uunlnk 7168 Nov 27 2009 fcst-2008 > > dr-xr-xr-x 2 perryh perryh uchg,uunlnk 9216 Jul 21 2010 fcst-2009 > > drwxr-xr-x 2 perryh perryh uchg,uunlnk 9216 Jul 7 2011 fcst-2010 > > drwxr-xr-x 2 perryh perryh uchg,uunlnk 4608 Jul 7 2011 fcst-2011 > > ... > > > > The question is: why does rsync attempt (and fail) to change the > > permissions of two destination directories, and not the other two, > > when the permissions of all four destination directories already > > match the corresponding source directories? (The change attempt > > fails because of the destinations' uchg,uunlnk flags, but as far > > as I can see the change should never have been attempted in the > > first place.) > > You have --itemize-changes but either it didn't or you filtered it out.
I had noticed that adding --itemize-changes to the command line did not result in any additional output. Dunno why, nor whether the two issues might be related. -- 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
