Re: rsync fails to write write xattr user.rsync

2011-07-04 Thread Wayne Davison
On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 1:25 AM, Michael Hierweck wrote: > rsync: failed to write xattr user.rsync.%stat for "path/to/a/socket" (in > backup): Operation not permitted (1) > The --fake-super option turns devices and special files into normal files with an xattr attribute with the real file mode an

rsync fails to write write xattr user.rsync

2011-06-29 Thread Michael Hierweck
Hi all, I'm trying to setup rsync for backup purpose. Both client and server (storage) are using rsync 3.0.7 delivered by Debian Squeeze. The client invokes rsync using ssh (as root): Backup: rsync --archive --delete --exclude-from=/etc/backup.excludes --numeric-ids --relative --rsh=ssh / bac..