On Mar 21, 2009, at 10:15 AM, Jean-David Maillefer wrote: > Hello, > > I tried to use rsync (3.0.5-1) to make backups, but I experienced a > strange behaviour. I run the backup script as root, and used the -- > backup-dir option. But I cannot read the backup file without being > root. More precisly, the directories created by the --backup-dir > option have the permission of the root user, not the original ones. > For example, the permissions in the destination directory are: >> ls -ld /Volumes/data/backup/jdmDesktop /Volumes/data/backup/ > jdmLibrary > drwx------ 4 jdm jdm 1020 20 mar 21:24 Desktop > drwx------@ 47 jdm jdm 1734 28 fév 23:03 Library > > And the permissions in the backup directory are: >> ls -l /Volumes/data/backup/jdm/rsync-backup/20090321 > total 0 > drwx------ 2 root jdm 204 21 mar 00:00 Desktop > drwx------ 9 root jdm 306 21 mar 00:00 Library > > Why does rsync change the permissions of the backuped files ? Is it > normal ? It seems to me that rsync creates the missing directories in > the backup dir using default permissions, without preserving existing > ones. Am I missing something ? > > > The full command I run: > /sw/bin/rsync -hh --acls --xattrs --archive --prune-empty-dirs -- > delete --delete-excluded --ignore-errors -i --backup --backup- > dir=rsync-backup/20090321 --filter=. /Users/jdm/.rsync-filter /Users/ > jdm/ /Volumes/data/backup/jdm > > > Jean-David
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