Re: rsync restore the file owner but rsyncd do it not

[Matthias Meyer <Matthias dot Meyer at gmx dot li>]

Christopher Faylor wrote:

> 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

Thanks for your remark.
Where are you as I had my problem? ;-)
If you search, like I did, through the mailing groups to find a solution,
you would find several hints. Among other things also CYGWIN=nontsec.

br
Matthias
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