Rsync file ownership

[rzs0502]

Hi All,

I am running rsync in daemon mode to sync home directories from Prod to DRP as root.
MOST of the user ID's are matched between the two servers, but there are a handful of old users who aren't so fortunate.

I'm not using the 'use chroot' option and rsyncd.conf has
uid=root
gid=root

From the client side I use -valtzrpog flags

I thought rsync does not to username uid matching by default, so it would not be a problem.

Anyone have an idea how I can get around this without having to change uid's or run chown?

Thanks a lot....!




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[mbrooks]

Is there any reason you are running rsync is daemon mode? In the case of performing server to server backups all you need to do is set-up a simple cronjob like the example below.

# replicate webroot to off-site backup server
0 */6 * * * /usr/local/bin/rsync -avogpt --delete -e ssh /home/[URL unfurl="true"]www rsync@192.168.0.40:/home/backup/www[/URL]

M. Brooks

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[rzs0502]

I also prefer running rsync via ssh with key exchange.
For some reason this client insists on daemon mode.
I'm not sure, but I had commented out
# use chroot = true
thinking that the default is false(?)

I've now changed that to explicitly use chroot = false

Will now monitor the next sync.

Thanks Brooks!


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