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From: "H.S." <hs.samix@gmail.com>
Subject:  Re: backup XP on Linux using rsync over ssh: permissions problems
Date:  Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:15:26 -0400
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Greg Chicares wrote:
> On 2009-06-10 03:36Z, H.S. wrote:
>> rsync --delete --modify-window=10  --force -Rvaue ssh
>>     --exclude-from=$EXCLUDESFILE --progress \
>>     xp-box:"/cygdrive/c/Documents\ and\ Settings/user1
>> /cygdrive/c/Documents\ and\ Settings/user2" /mnt/backups/xp-daily-00;
> 
> Does '-p' ('--perms') help with the permissions problems?
> 

This flag "preserve permissions". The permissions are alright currently.
The problem is that a user on XP box ssh'es to the Debian box (and
becomes a Debian user) and then fails to browse the backups of the XP
box which are saved on the Debian box because the XP backups' uid and
gids do not match with Debian users'.


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