Yep yep. That all sounds right to what I went through about 5 years ago running Rsync ala Cygwin. I had to constantly run some cleanup scripts to fix the perms - or the file system could become inaccessible. Thank goodness for the Resource Kits...
Its very comforting to hear that the problem is acknowledged and a fix is built-in! On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 4:47 PM, Sam Cayze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yep, something like that... If iirc, DeltaCopy does have an ACL Repair > feature for when this happens. They realized the problem and intergrated a > workaround. But the can't fix it since it is a flaw in the cgwin wrapper it > self... Iirc. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 3:42 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: remote copying > > Bummer I missed the reference before, but thanks for the recap! > > I can attest to having ACL problems with Rsync on NTFS volumes in the past. > There is an inherent flaw in the differences between NT and *nix. Cant > recall the detals off-hand, but depending on what you are doing it can > present itself. > > > On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 4:38 PM, Sam Cayze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Yeah, I have been, I mentioned it in a previous post... Also see Phil >> Brutsche's comments as he points out a good gothca. He mentions ACL's. >> However, I haven't had an ACL problem with it in probably 6 months. >> >> I love it, and am expanding my use of it, now if I could just get it >> to replicate my Exchange database ;) >> >> Chain pasted below: >> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> Sam Cayze wrote: >> Indeed, it does. And it's happened to us. Fortunately for us, it's not >> production data, it's backup data, so ACL's don't really affect us. I just >> reassign permissions if I ever need to use the files for any restores. >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 2:07 PM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: Re: remote copying >> >> Just one not-so-little caveat to be aware of: >> >> rsync does a piss-poor job of duplicating Windows ACEs. In this case >> piss-poor means "it doesn't do it at ALL". >> >> It's one of those things that's been a dealbreaker at my office. >> >> Sam Cayze wrote: >>> If your bandwitch is limited, you might want to use something like >>> DeltaCopy, a windows-wrapper for the awesome linux program called >> RSync. >>> >>> It only copies the part of file that has actually been modified, not >>> the whole file. That saves tons of time and data. >>> http://www.aboutmyip.com/AboutMyXApp/DeltaCopy.jsp >>> >>> Yeah, I said bandwitch. It's lunch, and I am starving! ;) >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 3:04 PM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: Re: remote copying >> >> Is anyone here using DeltaCopy? This looks very tasty, and could possibly >> fit great with some custom scripted processes of mine. >> >> On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 3:49 PM, Angus Scott-Fleming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >>> On 22 Sep 2008 at 16:54, Laurence Childs wrote: >>> >>>> The link really is not big enough to back up over so I am thinking >>>> of looking for something like XCOPY that runs as a service on one of >>>> the servers and copies file changes to the HQ server to be backed up >>>> to tape locally >>>> >>>> Any ideas? >>>> >>>> The company in question are a small charity with not a lot of spare >>>> funds so a `cost effective´ solution is preferable >>> >>> DeltaCopy -- rsync for Windows -- should fit the bill perfectly. >>> GPL, so it's free. >>> >>> DeltaCopy - Rsync for Windows >>> http://www.aboutmyip.com/AboutMyXApp/DeltaCopy.jsp >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Angus Scott-Fleming >>> GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona >>> 1-520-290-5038 >>> +-----------------------------------+ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ >>> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >>> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> ME2 >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ >> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ >> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> > > > > > -- > ME2 > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > -- ME2 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
