"Chris Heller" writes: > I ran into a problem today when I tested the system for the first time. > I am rsyncing from a remote Linux host using the following options to > rsync: -avv --rsh="<ssh stuff here>" --exclude-from=<path to exclude > file> --delete. > > The problem is when the files are moved over to the Mac OS X server > their owner/group ids change. > > For instance if I copy ~heller/ (uid: 500 gid: 500) to the Mac it > becomes uid: 504 gid: 504. > > This isn't too big a problem, but it messes up security when I go to > export the data via NFS. > > >From the rsync man page I was under the impression that -a will preserve > owner, group permissions.
By default rsync maps uid/gid values by user/group name at each end of the transfer. Use --numeric-ids to just send the uid/gid without mapping. Craig -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
