Kevin Korb <kmk <at> sanitarium.net> writes: > > 3) --numeric-ids copies both as the number. This is what you normally > want for backups. This way you have the exact UID and GID stored on > the backups regardless of what those numbers mean to the backup > system. Just remember to use --numeric-ids when you restore. This is > especially important if you have to restore from a live environment > that has completely different UIDs and GIDs than your normal system. > That environment would have no idea how to translate names from option > #2 during a restore.
Hi Kevin, Regarding the option --numeric-ids, how would rsync manage the situation where the UID and GID(s), of a file being copied to a Remote system, have been reserved on the Remote system. Does rsync search for and allocate the next available IDs? Thanks, Michael. -- 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