Hi All, FWIW, I got my test to work. I realized the permissions were actually ok- the owner/group bits were off. I set up a root account on the other laptop and logged out of it then ran
/rsync -aNHAXx --protect-args --fileflags --protect-decmpfs --force-change --stats --progress -v --rsync-path=/rsync /private/var/audit r...@ipaddress:/Users/myUser/backup and the resulting owner (System) and Group were preserved. Does the server (or other computer in this case) always need a root account established for this to work? I tried everything else and the owner always became that of the remote user. Cheers, Rob On Oct 30, 2010, at 9:35 PM, Robert DuToit wrote: > > On Oct 30, 2010, at 8:27 PM, Mike Bombich wrote: > >> >> On Oct 30, 2010, at 9:02 AM, Robert DuToit wrote: >> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> I'm trying a remote backup for the first time. It is between two laptops, I >>> installed rsync 3.0.7 on both compiled >>> >>> patch -p1 <patches/fileflags.diff >>> >>> patch -p1 <patches/crtimes.diff >>> >>> patch -p1 <patches/crtimes-64bit.diff >>> >>> patch -p1 <patches/crtimes-hfs+.dif >>> f >>> patch -p1 <patches/hfs_compression.diff >>> >>> ./configure >>> >>> make >>> >>> this all works perfectly for local backups, clones etc. Everything gets >>> copied as is to the volume. >>> >>> I have tried without ssh keys, with keys, keys with and without passwords >>> (via ssh-agent) and it all works except that it won't copy the correct >>> permissions on System files >>> >>> example run with locked system folder var/audit going to >>> servern...@100.102.15.4 (not my real address here of course): >>> >>> sudo /rsync -aNHAXx --protect-args --fileflags --protect-decmpfs >>> --force-change --stats --progress -vvv --rsync-path=/rsync >>> /private/var/audit servern...@100.102.15.4:/Volumes/Extra/eee >> >> What's this "servername" account? You should be using root if you want to >> preserve root ownership. >> >> Mike > > Hi Mike, > > That's the admin account name/address on the other laptop. Should it be > "r...@192.168.15.4"? I'm afraid this is all new to me - the remote stuff…. > > Rob > >> >>> >>> Ignore ownership unchecked on dest. >>> >>> The permissions are changed from read&write only on System to read&write on >>> my user account on the receiver. I copied the whole System but the results >>> were the same though some files had permission denied errors. The output on >>> my test folder show nothing remarkable, no errors, etc. Am I missing >>> something here? >>> >>> Any thoughts appreciated or directions to look in. >>> >>> Thanks, Rob >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> delta-transmission enabled >>> recv_files(1) starting >>> recv_generator(audit,1) >>> recv_generator(audit,2) >>> send_files(2, /private/var/audit) >>> audit/ >>> set modtime of audit to (1288417603) Sat Oct 30 01:46:43 2010 >>> recv_generator(audit/20100701144405.20100702030039,3) >>> send_files(3, /private/var/audit/20100701144405.20100702030039) >>> send_files mapped /private/var/audit/20100701144405.20100702030039 of size >>> 21066 >>> calling match_sums /private/var/audit/20100701144405.20100702030039 >>> audit/20100701144405.20100702030039 >>> 21066 100% 0.00kB/s 0:00:00 >>> sending file_sum >>> false_alarms=0 hash_hits=0 matches=0 >>> 21066 100% 0.00kB/s 0:00:00 (xfer#1, to-check=240/242) >>> sender finished /private/var/audit/20100701144405.20100702030039 >>> recv_generator(audit/20100702030127.20100702052825,4) >>> send_files(4, /private/var/audit/20100702030127.20100702052825) >>> send_files mapped /private/var/audit/20100702030127.20100702052825 of size >>> 15417 >>> calling match_sums /private/var/audit/20100702030127.20100702052825 >>> audit/20100702030127.20100702052825 >>> 15417 100% 7.35MB/s 0:00:00 >>> sending file_sum >>> false_alarms=0 hash_hits=0 matches=0 >>> 15417 100% 7.35MB/s 0:00:00 (xfer#2, to-check=239/242) >>> sender finished /private/var/audit/20100702030127.20100702052825 >>> recv_generator(audit/20100702111829.20100703030341,5) >>> send_files(5, /private/var/audit/20100702111829.20100703030341) >>> send_files mapped /private/var/audit/20100702111829.20100703030341 of size >>> 64184 >>> calling match_sums /private/var/audit/20100702111829.20100703030341 >>> audit/20100702111829.20100703030341 >>> >>> >>> ######and later on down the page####### >>> >>> generate_files phase=1 >>> recv_files(audit) >>> recv_files(audit/20100701144405.20100702030039) >>> got file_sum >>> set modtime of audit/.20100701144405.20100702030039.U7yt17 to (1278039638) >>> Thu Jul 1 23:00:38 2010 >>> renaming audit/.20100701144405.20100702030039.U7yt17 to >>> audit/20100701144405.20100702030039 >>> recv_files(audit/20100702030127.20100702052825) >>> got file_sum >>> set modtime of audit/.20100702030127.20100702052825.hzHr5M to (1278048505) >>> Fri Jul 2 01:28:25 2010 >>> renaming audit/.20100702030127.20100702052825.hzHr5M to >>> audit/20100702030127.20100702052825 >>> recv_files(audit/20100702111829.20100703030341) >>> got file_sum >>> set modtime of audit/.20100702111829.20100703030341.sSoTwl to (1278126221) >>> Fri Jul 2 23:03:41 2010 >>> renaming audit/.20100702111829.20100703030341.sSoTwl to >>> audit/20100702111829.20100703030341 >>> recv_files(audit/20100703030442.20100703045821) >>> got file_sum >>> >>> -- >>> 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 >> > > -- > 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 -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. 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