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| -rw-r--r-- | rsync.yo | 13 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -345,10 +345,14 @@ permissions to be the same as the local permissions. dit(bf(-o, --owner)) This option causes rsync to update the remote owner of the file to be the same as the local owner. This is only available -to the super-user. +to the super-user. Note that if the source system is a daemon using chroot, +the --numeric-ids option is implied because the source system cannot get +access to the user names. dit(bf(-g, --group)) This option causes rsync to update the remote group -of the file to be the same as the local group. +of the file to be the same as the local group. Note that if the source +system is a daemon using chroot, the --numeric-ids option is implied because +the source system cannot get access to the group names. dit(bf(-D, --devices)) This option causes rsync to transfer character and block device information to the remote system to recreate these @@ -512,8 +516,9 @@ what ownership to give files. The special uid 0 and the special group 0 and never mapped via user/group names even if the --numeric-ids option is not specified. -If a user or group name does not exist on the destination system then -the numeric id from the source system is used instead. +If the source system is a daemon using chroot, or if a user or group name +does not exist on the destination system, then the numeric id from the +source system is used instead. dit(bf(--timeout=TIMEOUT)) This option allows you to set a maximum IO timeout in seconds. If no data is transferred for the specified time |