X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,J_CHICKENPOX_32,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org To: cygwin@cygwin.com From: "H.S." Subject: Re: backup XP on Linux using rsync over ssh: permissions problems Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:25:31 -0400 Lines: 69 Message-ID: References: <4A2F3427.8010506@sbcglobal.net> <5BB805FE54FD46C295E6468584F3809E@phoenix> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Mozilla-Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090103) In-Reply-To: X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Jason Pyeron wrote: > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: H.S. >> Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 14:38 >> >> Jason Pyeron wrote: >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: H.S. >>>> Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 13:15 >>>> >>>> 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'. >>>> >>> What you have is not a problem, but by design. >>> >>> Unless you make the user/group ids match on both machines, you will >>> either need to strip the perms or access the files by root >> or equivalent. >> >> Yes, I can already access them as root (obviously not a >> versatile approach). >> >> What I was hoping for is for some hints on how to retain the >> permissions and browse the backups from the XP box with the >> same permissions as on the XP box. >> >> Currently the backups as accessed by using Debian box >> accounts (which are different than the accounts on the XP >> box). Any way I can access them from XP but by using XP uid/guid's? > > We do this using samba / nis and creating a single sign on. > > This is not for the faint of heart. This is on a small private network. I can set up samba but single sign on is not applicable here for various reasons. I suppose I have to look into changing the uid and gid on the backups somehow. Thanks. -- Please reply to this list only. I read this list on its corresponding newsgroup on gmane.org. Replies sent to my email address are just filtered to a folder in my mailbox and get periodically deleted without ever having been read. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/