X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 11:53:11 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: rsync restore the file owner but rsyncd do it not Message-ID: <20081208165310.GF12105@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <493C5E9C DOT 5E7B4C67 AT dessent DOT net> <20081208164751 DOT GD12105 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081208164751.GD12105@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On Mon, Dec 08, 2008 at 11:47:51AM -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote: >On Mon, Dec 08, 2008 at 04:51:29PM +0100, Matthias Meyer wrote: >>:-) Yes it works! >> >>Three important things are going wrong in "my" past: >>1. /etc/passwd as well as /etc/group are necessary in windows to enable >> cygwin to map windows SID/GID to posix uid/gid. >>2. --numeric-ids are necessary during backup to server if the client uid/gid >> is unknown there (whats probably the case) . During restore --numeric-ids >> are not necessary because uid/gid should be known on client side. >>3. The environment variable must be CYGWIN=ntsec, which is already the >> default. >> >>Hopefully my summary above help other users :-) > >The phrase "must be...which is already the default" does not make logical >sense. Perhaps you meant to imply that CYGWIN=nontsec should not be used but if you are going to go down this road then you might have to prove that a few other no... options should not be used either. I think the basic advice is actually "Don't randomly change CYGWIN settings in an attemp to fix a problem unless you understand what they do or have been instructed to change them by someone who understands what they do". cgf -- 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/