https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12820
Bug ID: 12820 Summary: rsync always try change owner and group of symlink in --fake-super mode Product: rsync Version: 3.0.9 Hardware: All OS: All Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: P5 Component: core Assignee: way...@samba.org Reporter: pa...@hubbitus.info QA Contact: rsync...@samba.org Hello. I long time discover strange to me behavior. If I add --fake-super option on both sides rsync start always set owner and group of symlink. What interesting there no error, but it done each time as it has been changed. Simple reproduce: $ mkdir rsync.symlinks $ echo 'file content' > rsync.symlinks/file.itself $ ln -s file.itself rsync.symlinks/file.symlink Then try to transfer it on remote host: $ rsync -apr --links --itemize-changes --fake-super -M--fake-super rsync.symlinks [hidden email]:~/temp/rsync.symlinks cd+++++++++ rsync.symlinks/ <f+++++++++ rsync.symlinks/file.itself cL+++++++++ rsync.symlinks/file.symlink -> file.itself And again: .L....og... rsync.symlinks/file.symlink -> file.itself I had tried use --rsync-path="rsync --fake-super" instead of -M--fake-super what unsurprisingly give me same result: $ rsync -apr --links --itemize-changes --fake-super --rsync-path="rsync --fake-super" rsync.symlinks [hidden email]:~/temp/rsync.symlinks .L....og... rsync.symlinks/file.symlink -> file.itself Please note all symlinks correct: $ LANG=en_US.utf-8 ls -l rsync.symlinks total 4 -rw-rw-r--. 1 pasha pasha 13 Oct 11 06:10 file.itself lrwxrwxrwx. 1 pasha pasha 11 Oct 11 06:11 file.symlink -> file.itself $ cat rsync.symlinks/file.symlink file content It also correct on receiver side. P.S. Asked long time ago in ML - http://samba.2283325.n4.nabble.com/rsync-always-try-change-owner-and-group-of-symlink-in-fake-super-mode-td4692664.html -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the QA Contact for the bug. -- 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