X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 11:47:51 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: rsync restore the file owner but rsyncd do it not Message-ID: <20081208164751.GD12105@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> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: 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 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. 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/