rsync: chgrp ... Operation not permitted

[Wayne Davison]

On Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 10:18:12PM +0100, Pascal Perez wrote:
> but when the client tries to write I have:
> rsync: chgrp "/file/path/here" failed: Operation not permitted (a number)

There was a bug in older rsyncs where it would try to set groups that it
was not authorized to set.  Either upgrade, or avoid using (or implying)
the -g option.

..wayne..