Mail Archives: cygwin/2011/03/09/15:12:31
Thank you for your polite reply.
The issue at hand is of a more generic nature and (if Google is any witness=
) is rather old. I am referring to the well known problem of cygwin (at lea=
st, when rsync is used) not properly handling NTFS permissions, thus result=
ing in folders and files that are no longer deletable, therefore updatable,=
therefore usable.
I thought that, by using a FAT32 partition, perhaps permissions would no lo=
nger be a problem. Is this a valid thought?
I doubt that no-one in the list was never faced with a similar situation. I=
f so, i would deeply appreciate knowledge of an rsync alternative.
Kind Regards
Panos
On Mar 9, 2011, at 6:26 PM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
> On 3/9/2011 10:38 AM, Panos Katergiathis wrote:
>> Hello all
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>> I am getting all too tired with rsync messing up permissions as i
>> backup my linux servers to my windows 7 machine.
>> So, a simple question: if i use a fat32 partition for storing these
>> backups, can i hope that i will stop seeing various "permission
>> denied" errors?
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> Unless someone on this list is seeing the exact same problem you are
> and has found a solution (which is possible), I expect no one else will
> be able to provide an answer to your question. It might be better to
> submit a problem report to the list following the guidelines of the
> link below.
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> If you do this, it will enable others who haven't experienced
> the problem you're seeing to reproduce it, understand it, and fix it or
> provide some insight for existing solutions or workarounds. Just a
> thought.
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> Larry
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> A: Yes.
>> Q: Are you sure?
>>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?
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