Group Permissions?

[jw schultz]

On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 09:09:44AM -0800, Wayne Davison wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 11:49:56AM -0500, donkey at boo.net wrote:
> > Does this mean that rsync requires that the destination directory be
> > owned by the user calling rsync and that it is not sufficient for the
> > user to have write permissions to that directory?
> 
> It depends on what you're trying to do and what OS you're running.  If
> you're just putting files into a directory, you don't need to own it.
> However, changes to the directory information (such as a mode change)
> requires that rsync have permissions to make the change, and that
> typically means owning the directory (or being root).  Similar errors
> could be reported for files when the content doesn't change (i.e. the
> file isn't being recopied).  Keep in mind that you'd get the same kind
> of error from "cp -p" if you don't own the file, so this is not an
> rsync-specific thing.

It would be possible to be specific if you told us what OS
and filesystem types are involved although specific info may
be lacking for some combinations.

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