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Subject:  Re: backup XP on Linux using rsync over ssh: permissions problems
Date:  Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:37:45 -0400
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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?

Thanks.


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