How do you have the destination folder mounted? Is it mounted via SMBFS, via NFS, or is it a local folder that just also happens to be shared out via Samba? If it's mounted via SMBFS and you're authenticating as root when you mount it, rsync will think that you have root privileges on the folder and will therefore attempt to duplicate local file ownership conditions at the remote end. Very likely (hopefully, even) the samba system / windows system on the other end of the mount will NOT actually be granting root privileges to any samba/windows user named "root" - mine don't even acknowledge the existence of anyone going by "root".
Hope that helped. Jim Salter JRS System Solutions ----- Original Message ----- From: "Max Kipness" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 9:18 AM Subject: Operation not permitted? Hello, Can someone tell me what the problem is here. I am doing an rsync on a sendmail spool directory to a folder that is a samba mount. Why is rsync trying to change owner? Does it have to? I tried manually changing owner (as root) on a file that is sitting on the samba mount and I got the same operation not permitted error. Does anybody know why this is? Or do I need to ask in a samba mailling list. Here is the error: chown var/spool/mail/[EMAIL PROTECTED] : Operation not permitted chown var/spool/mail/[EMAIL PROTECTED] : Operation not permitted chown var/spool/mail/[EMAIL PROTECTED] : Operation not permitted chown var/spool/mail/[EMAIL PROTECTED] : Operation not permitted Thanks, Max -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
