On 9 Sep 2003 "Max Kipness" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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.
What do you mean by "a samba mount"? A filesystem mounted over smbfs? > Why is rsync trying to change owner? Because you told it to, using the -a, -o or -g options. > Does it have to? You asked for it, you got it :-) > 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. Assuming you're using smbfs, it's because smbmount logs in to the server as a single NT user, and all files appear to be owned by that user. Ownership is not preserved. cifsfs may fix this, but you need to ask about that elsewhere. -- Martin -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
