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
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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. R
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11013
Bug ID: 11013
Summary: [patch] Mention that privileges are dropped, when "use
chroot" is enabled in rsyncd.conf manpage
Product: rsync
Version: 3.1.1
Hardware: All
