files permission and hidden files are not rsync properly

[Abdul Khan]

Hi folks,

I have recently installed rsync.2.6.9. on CentOS4.x boxes. That was my 
first backup yesterday.

But I notice that some hidden (or dot files) are not copied to the other 
host on the network. And group and ownership of the files are changed to 
“nobody” while files and folders permission are copied properly. So what 
am mission here can anybody shed light please?

Here is the result;

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Number of files: 101558

Number of files transferred: 94209

Total file size: 21140359756 bytes

Total transferred file size: 21140357580 bytes

Literal data: 21063075446 bytes

Matched data: 0 bytes

File list size: 7819534

File list generation time: 62.368 seconds

File list transfer time: 0.000 seconds

Total bytes sent: 21077482260

Total bytes received: 1884192


sent 21077482260 bytes received 1884192 bytes 3231792.48 bytes/sec

total size is 21140359756 speedup is 1.00

rsync warning: some files vanished before they could be transferred 
(code 24) at main.c(977) [sender=2.6.9]

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And here is the log;

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[root at mail email_backup]# tail /var/log/rsyncd.log

2007/07/18 19:03:19 [5675] skipping non-regular file 
"domains/fleetwoodmetal.com/.qmail-windsorusers-return-default"

2007/07/18 19:17:37 [5675] skipping non-regular file 
"domains/fleetwoodmetal.com/0/tinag/IMAPdir/INBOX"

2007/07/18 19:27:49 [5675] skipping non-regular file 
"domains/fleetwoodmetal.com/akhan/IMAPdir/INBOX"

2007/07/18 20:39:18 [5675] skipping non-regular file 
"domains/fleetwoodmetal.com/lisat/IMAPdir/INBOX"

2007/07/18 20:43:43 [5675] skipping non-regular file 
"domains/fleetwoodmetal.com/paulc/IMAPdir/INBOX"

2007/07/18 20:46:53 [5675] skipping non-regular file 
"domains/systems.fleetwoodmetal.com/.qmail-fmi"

2007/07/18 20:47:13 [5675] skipping non-regular file 
"domains/systems.fleetwoodmetal.com/.qmail-fmi-default"

2007/07/18 20:47:13 [5675] skipping non-regular file 
"domains/systems.fleetwoodmetal.com/.qmail-fmi-owner"

2007/07/18 20:47:13 [5675] skipping non-regular file 
"domains/systems.fleetwoodmetal.com/.qmail-fmi-return-default"

2007/07/18 20:50:58 [5675] wrote 28 bytes read 21077482315 bytes total 
size 21140357580

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Permission, ownership and group on the source box (before rsync)


drwx------ 38 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Jul 9 13:58 0

drwx------ 6 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Sep 18 2006 akhan

drwx------ 3 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Feb 23 11:09 alb

drwx------ 8 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Jun 27 13:37 allusers

drwx------ 3 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Sep 18 2006 alm

drwx------ 3 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Feb 22 08:17 angilad

drwx------ 3 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Jul 4 11:48 barbm

drwx------ 3 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Jul 16 08:00 billj

drwx------ 3 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Apr 10 11:04 bills

drwx------ 3 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Sep 18 2006 bonitap

drwx------ 3 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Feb 23 11:07 brianm

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Permission, ownership and group after rsync

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drwx------ 38 nobody nobody 4096 Jul 18 15:27 0

drwx------ 6 nobody nobody 4096 Jul 18 15:34 akhan

drwx------ 3 nobody nobody 4096 Jul 18 15:35 alb

drwx------ 8 nobody nobody 4096 Jul 18 15:35 allusers

drwx------ 3 nobody nobody 4096 Jul 18 15:35 alm

drwx------ 3 nobody nobody 4096 Jul 18 15:35 angilad

drwx------ 3 nobody nobody 4096 Jul 18 15:36 barbm

drwx------ 3 nobody nobody 4096 Jul 18 15:37 billj

drwx------ 3 nobody nobody 4096 Jul 18 15:37 bills

drwx------ 3 nobody nobody 4096 Jul 18 15:38 bonitap

drwx------ 3 nobody nobody 4096 Jul 18 15:38 brianm