From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dormouse.elm.relay.mailchannels.net (dormouse.elm.relay.mailchannels.net [23.83.212.50]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A83703858D35 for ; Tue, 4 Jan 2022 05:23:42 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org A83703858D35 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=opencoder.net Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=opencoder.net X-Sender-Id: dreamhost|x-authsender|dropbox@opencoder.net Received: from relay.mailchannels.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by relay.mailchannels.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7063E620E8B for ; Mon, 3 Jan 2022 21:23:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from pdx1-sub0-mail-a306.dreamhost.com (unknown [127.0.0.6]) (Authenticated sender: dreamhost) by relay.mailchannels.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id EDB4E620A3F for ; Mon, 3 Jan 2022 21:23:40 -0800 (PST) X-Sender-Id: dreamhost|x-authsender|dropbox@opencoder.net Received: from pdx1-sub0-mail-a306.dreamhost.com (pop.dreamhost.com [64.90.62.162]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) by 100.97.65.167 (trex/6.4.3); Tue, 04 Jan 2022 05:23:41 +0000 X-MC-Relay: Neutral X-MailChannels-SenderId: dreamhost|x-authsender|dropbox@opencoder.net X-MailChannels-Auth-Id: dreamhost X-Scare-Exultant: 28cf2eb550e79b68_1641273821185_1550272497 X-MC-Loop-Signature: 1641273821185:145882533 X-MC-Ingress-Time: 1641273821184 Received: from mail-qv1-f41.google.com (mail-qv1-f41.google.com [209.85.219.41]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: dropbox@opencoder.net) by pdx1-sub0-mail-a306.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4JSgy44cbzz1Pf for ; Mon, 3 Jan 2022 21:23:40 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=opencoder.net; s=opencoder.net; t=1641273820; bh=Y3pZaeliQ5Ahwc6BUBfMIQgvYiA=; h=From:Date:Subject:To:Cc:Content-Type; b=Wn1lM+wsA7BACKUswYt80kdmwn3nSpf5Sx5hn1LkkMAuHxjp/4JTK8r2oWgeGOm9H /l7n06XY5XY7OrYKDP9egorhgX0n3b7kDeVQZQKeKle3QBj1LzpP/PRVwF53nAOptQ 2ur21FCbe8+Y8XCAw2MH95kk1xVLBDkpc+UhCfEA= Received: by mail-qv1-f41.google.com with SMTP id q3so33364803qvc.7 for ; Mon, 03 Jan 2022 21:23:40 -0800 (PST) X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM5322Rlukn3Ho/SKJPC5JuaMZfKL9K6+7HqS9H+yv2YNdNjEv0xtG 0vpVm3XZsEOdgF3ZUYt1zf0jiB1CBq/TWPEit2U= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJw/GPjonX58WBByRHU5pmVskshKI6KiqRhbQ4AulfXTFNuRBZ4T7DxK92oJ9vtI3oHjD5j11dZEeA48ces2qDw= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6214:23cd:: with SMTP id hr13mr43939251qvb.7.1641273819788; Mon, 03 Jan 2022 21:23:39 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <25043.8585.322210.817972@consult.pretender> In-Reply-To: <25043.8585.322210.817972@consult.pretender> From: Wayne Davison Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2022 21:23:28 -0800 X-Gmail-Original-Message-ID: Message-ID: Subject: Re: 'rsync -a' not preserving ownership To: cygwin@kosowsky.org Cc: cygwin Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2022 05:23:43 -0000 On Mon, Jan 3, 2022 at 8:17 AM wrote: > So, why is 'cp -a' able to preserve ownership while 'rsync -a' fails > and sets ownership to the login name? Rsync is rather old-school Unix-oriented, so it only checks if its uid is 0 to see if it should try to chown things. You can give it the --super option to tell it to try root things when you're a non-0 user, which works in my testing. ..wayne..