On Oct 31, 2010, at 5:12 PM, Wayne Davison wrote: > On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Robert DuToit <rdut...@comcast.net> wrote: > 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. > > The user running the receiving rsync needs to be able to "chown" things > (change a file's ownership). Rsync only attempts to chown files if (1) the > running user ID is 0 (typically "root") or (2) the --super option was used. > See the manpage for what --super affects. > > ..wayne..
Thanks Wayne, That's pretty much what I was guessing from what had worked and not. Rob -- 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
