LeRoy Cressy on 17 Oct 2008 06:09:55 -0700


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Re: [PLUG] rsync error message


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Eric wrote:
> I'm using rsync to synchronize some data directories like this:
> 
> rsync -av Sample ~/POLARIS/eric/Business/
> 

When I read the rsync man page a long time ago I remember that using -a
should be run as root since it means that all permissions, users,
groups, devices, and symbolic links are copied.

> and I keep getting errors like this:
> 
> rsync: chgrp "/home/eric/POLARIS/eric/Business/Sample/RAND/.crontab.l.25lEFd" 
> failed: Permission denied (13)
> 
> (This is on Linux and the destination (POLARIS) is a Samba share.)
> 
> Does this mean that I [have to|should] run rsync as root?
> 
> Eric
> 


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