can I preserve UIDs/GIDs when transferring with rsync?
Craig Barratt
cbarratt at users.sourceforge.net
Fri Jun 24 07:25:07 GMT 2005
Tomasz Chmielewski writes:
> I noticed that rsync can preserve most of the file's characteristics
> when it is used with "-a" option (it includes -o and -g flags for
> preserving owners and groups).
>
> However, when I transfer data between systems, it affects my UIDs/GIDs,
> making the data hard to recover.
>
> [snip]
>
> Is it possible to transfer files with rsync, and to preserve the *exact*
> UIDs and GIDs, rather than usernames/groupnames (which in turn point to
> invalid UIDs and GIDs)?
rsync --numeric-ids
Craig
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