Changing only file permissions

[Kevin Korb]

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Normally, I would say that --checksum is actually slower than just
letting rsync re-copy everything and therefore is almost always the
wrong thing to do.  However, in this case, you really don't want to
overwrite the running OS even with files that are essentially the
same.  So, if the system is running from that storage then --checksum
might actually be useful.

On 04/22/2015 01:59 AM, Hendrik Visage wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 1:03 AM, James Moe <jimoe at sohnen-moe.com>
> wrote: Hello, opensuse 13.2 linux v3.16.7-7-desktop x86_64 rsync
> v3.1.1
> 
> I used rsync to copy /usr/ to another volume with these options: 
> --recursive --one-file-system --links --stats --itemize-changes 
> --quiet --delete --times After I had modified the system to use the
> new /usr volume, I realized I should have added: --perms --owner
> --group --executability
> 
> So the target volume has everything set as "root root", and useful 
> bits like the SetUID mode are missing.
> 
> Is there a way to use rsync to restore only the 
> permissions/owner/user and mode flags on the target volume from
> the source volume?
> 
>> *If* their sizes and times match, then I believe rsync does only
>> the permissions/etc. changes with the -a option. However, I got
>> into the tendency when doing these type of things, to use the
>> -c/--checksum option, that way rsync makes sure the files haven't
>> changed and will copy/update/etc.
> 
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