X-Recipient:	archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com
X-SWARE-Spam-Status:	No, hits=-1.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT,FREEMAIL_FROM,KHOP_RCVD_TRUST,KHOP_THREADED,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE
X-Spam-Check-By:	sourceware.org
MIME-Version:	1.0
In-Reply-To:	<20120521162458.GO7763@calimero.vinschen.de>
References:	<CANs8wdASbT91Gn8FsLMDCR3_em=-ABLGjZPeA3i-TmcygDQPkQ AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> <20120521162458 DOT GO7763 AT calimero DOT vinschen DOT de>
Date:	Mon, 21 May 2012 20:15:50 +0200
Message-ID:	<CANs8wdBmzge7WDxsPpMQHkOcD6qy_hWwhpQ_jjjs1Zf5Tdsnqw@mail.gmail.com>
Subject:	Re: ACLs restore mismatch, especially with Rsync
From:	AZ 9901 <az9901 AT gmail DOT com>
To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
X-IsSubscribed:	yes
Mailing-List:	contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm
List-Id:	<cygwin.cygwin.com>
List-Unsubscribe:	<mailto:cygwin-unsubscribe-archive-cygwin=delorie DOT com AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Subscribe:	<mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Archive:	<http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/>
List-Post:	<mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Help:	<mailto:cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com>, <http://sourceware.org/ml/#faqs>
Sender:	cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com
Mail-Followup-To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Delivered-To:	mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
X-MIME-Autoconverted:	from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id q4LIGECn022847

2012/5/21 Corinna Vinschen:
> On May 21 17:46, AZ 9901 wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>>
>>
>> I have some Windows machines backed-up using Rsync on a Linux target server.
>> Everything runs fine, expect ACLs restoration, does not really seem to
>> work as expected.
>
> If you're trying to reproduce the exact permissions as Windows sees
> them, you're out of luck with Cygwin.  The ACL handling in Cygwin is
> using the Solaris view on ACLs, which is basically the same as the POSIX
> view, just using a different API.  The Solaris/POSIX APIs handle only
> three permission bits corresponding to the POSIX "rwx".  These are
> mapped as useful as possible to Windows permission bits.  If you want
> exact Windows ACLs, use native Windows tools.
>
>
> Corinna
>
Hello Corinna,

Thank you very much for your answer !
That makes sense :-)

Regarding a native backup / restore tool for ACLs, would you have any advice ?

Thank you very much,

Best regards,

Ben

--
Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple

- Raw text -