On Wed, 2010-07-14 at 09:35 +0200, Carsten Deibert wrote: > I was searching for an answer myself for quite some time without success, so > I hope somebody can clarify...I use rsync to sync webcontent from one server > to another. > > Apache-details: > > * Apache runs as nobody:nogroup. > * Source-Server-Rights htdocs: The rsync-user gains access via o+rx > * Destination-Server-Rights htdocs: The rsync-user is in the group > 'nogroup', gains access via owner rsync-user and g+rwx, htdocs-group is > 'nogroup' > > I use the following command: > > /usr/bin/rsync -topglrcze ssh --delete --force --exclude='example.zip' > /vol/www/example/htdocs/ u...@destination-server:/vol/www/example/htdocs/ > > This works fine except in the following scenarios: > > 1. On the destination-server in e.g. /vol/www/example/htdocs/test there > already is an 'example.zip' --> I will receive the following error: "cannot > delete non-empty directory". I tried to overcome this with a rsync-filter, > but without success. How can I use the exclude-pattern even if such an > excluded file exists on the destination server ?
That message is only a notice, not an error, and I even opposed printing it by default (https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3825#c11). If you are happy with the behavior you get, you can ignore the message. Or, you might want --delete-excluded. > 2. Whenever the Apache-Process of the destination server writes in its > webfolder (e.g. /vol/www/example/htdocs/test/example.htm with > nobody:nogroup) the rsync-user, even has full rights via 'nogroup', will > give me an "Operation not permitted" wth the next synchronisation. Ah, but rsync doesn't have full rights: some operations, such as setting a file's mtime arbitrarily, require ownership of the file and permission cannot be granted to others. I consider this a defect in the POSIX filesystem model. Typically only the directories are the problem because an mtime difference on a regular file will trigger rsync to transfer and recreate it, so --omit-dir-times would stop the errors. -- Matt -- 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