cygwin rsync windows to windows ACL problem

[havoc]

Yes, mapped drive, "kindof", it's a netbios default share, but essentially the 
same thing.
I am trying to avoid any situation that requires special handling on the 
remote (client workstation) side, like additional software to install and 
maintain.

On Monday 01 October 2007, Stephen Zemlicka wrote:
> Yup, that's what I originally intended but I probably wasn't very clear. 
> So basically you would add
>
> ROBOCOPY source destination /XO /XN /XC /E /COPY:ATSOU
>
> to run after the rsync finishes.
>
> How are you running rsync with no remote daemon running?  Mapped drive? 
> Why not run the remote daemon, I believe rsync can even initiate the remote
> daemon from the client side if you want. (hopefully my terminology is
> correct there)
>
> _____________________________
> Stephen Zemlicka
> Integrated Computer Technologies
> PH. 608-558-5926
> E-Mail stevezemlicka at gmail.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rsync-bounces+stevezemlicka=gmail.com at lists.samba.org
> [mailto:rsync-bounces+stevezemlicka=gmail.com at lists.samba.org] On Behalf Of
> havoc
> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 11:28 AM
> To: rsync at lists.samba.org
> Subject: Re: cygwin rsync windows to windows ACL problem
>
> Intriguing, you're saying to use rsync to copy/sync the data, the use
> robocopy
> to only recursively set permissions?  Robocopy can do this without
> transferring data?
> I haven't finished reading all about it yet, but have started with:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robocopy
>
> On Monday 01 October 2007, Stephen Zemlicka wrote:
> > I have synced terabytes of data across DSL connections using robocopy
> > with no problem.  Robocopy is just as fast as rsync on whole files and I
> > find
>
> it
>
> > to be even faster on folders with large numbers of small files (though I
> > hear the next release of rsync is supposed to speed that up).
> >
> > However, if you must use rsync, you can still use the robocopy that I
> > specified earlier.  Rsync would be responsible for all the file copying
>
> and
>
> > robocopy would be responsible for only the attributes and permissions.
> > Since rsync is a *nix utility, I doubt much effort will be put into
> > compatibility with windows permissions.
> >
> > _____________________________
> > Stephen Zemlicka
> > Integrated Computer Technologies
> > PH. 608-558-5926
> > E-Mail stevezemlicka at gmail.com
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: rsync-bounces+stevezemlicka=gmail.com at lists.samba.org
> > [mailto:rsync-bounces+stevezemlicka=gmail.com at lists.samba.org] On Behalf
>
> Of
>
> > havoc
> > Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 11:00 AM
> > To: rsync at lists.samba.org
> > Subject: Re: cygwin rsync windows to windows ACL problem
> >
> > Unfortunately I don't think it will work.
> > We have two offices in the same corporate park connected by an unreliable
> > radio backhaul, and several terabytes of data to sync daily, hence my
> > desire
> >
> > to get rsync working :(
> >
> > PS: I will definitely check out robocopy for other uses, thank you :)
> >
> > On Monday 01 October 2007, Stephen Zemlicka wrote:
> > > Robocopy does copy only the new or changed files.  However it does copy
> >
> > the
> >
> > > whole files (similar to the -W switch in rsync).  I use robocopy
>
> whenever
>
> > I
> >
> > > already have a secure connection (VPN) or when my backups don't include
> > > large (multi GB) database files.  To see if robocopy will work by
> > > itself for you, add the -W switch and see if that's acceptable.  It'll
> > > take a bit longer for changed files but will be just as fast for new
> > > files.
> > >
> > > _____________________________
> > > Stephen Zemlicka
> > > Integrated Computer Technologies
> > > PH. 608-558-5926
> > > E-Mail stevezemlicka at gmail.com
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: rsync-bounces+stevezemlicka=gmail.com at lists.samba.org
> > > [mailto:rsync-bounces+stevezemlicka=gmail.com at lists.samba.org] On
> > > Behalf
> >
> > Of
> >
> > > havoc
> > > Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 10:50 AM
> > > To: rsync at lists.samba.org
> > > Subject: Re: cygwin rsync windows to windows ACL problem
> > >
> > > Does robocopy handle partial transfers, and backups of changed deleted
> > > files?
> > > My reason for wanting rsync is to maintain a mirror, and accomplish
> > > incremental backups via --backup --backup-dir=<blah> with rsync.
> > >
> > > On Monday 01 October 2007, Stephen Zemlicka wrote:
> > > > I have also noticed that permissions aren't always copied under
> > > > windows. I've heard you can use robocopy to do it.  I have not
> > > > because it hasn't been critical to my operation but supposedly, you
> > > > can use something like
> > > >
> > > > ROBOCOPY source destination /XO /XN /XC /E /COPY:ATSOU
> > > >
> > > > After the backup script.  This should not copy any files and just
> > > > copy the file permissions and attributes.  Let me know if that helps.
> > > >
> > > > BTW, robocopy is part of the windows 2003 resource kit.
> > > >
> > > > _____________________________
> > > > Stephen Zemlicka
> > > > Integrated Computer Technologies
> > > > PH. 608-558-5926
> > > > E-Mail stevezemlicka at gmail.com
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: rsync-bounces+stevezemlicka=gmail.com at lists.samba.org
> > > > [mailto:rsync-bounces+stevezemlicka=gmail.com at lists.samba.org] On
> > > > Behalf
> > >
> > > Of
> > >
> > > > havoc
> > > > Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 9:59 AM
> > > > To: rsync at lists.samba.org
> > > > Subject: cygwin rsync windows to windows ACL problem
> > > >
> > > > I am having problems using rsync on cygwin to properly copy the
> > > > ownership of files from windows to windows.
> > > > I am running: rsync -avPA //src_addr/some/path /local/dst/path/
> > > >
> > > > Based on:
> > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/rsync@lists.samba.org/msg18920.html
> > > > and:
>
> http://www.nabble.com/Re:-I-need-rsync-+-acl-support-for-windows--t2462647.
>
> > > >h tml
> > > >
> > > > ENV: CYGWIN=ntsec tty
> > > > I am running this on Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 (a DC), the SRC is
> > > > a Windows XP SP2 domain member.
> > > > I have tried patching the cygwin rsync source to enable ACL support,
> > > > and had this confirmed by rsync --version
> > > > This didn't work so I got rsync-acl-2.6.9.tar.bz2 from:
> > > > http://mattmccutchen.net/myrsync/
> > > > and configured with --enable-acl-support
> > > > This still does not work.  Is what I am trying to do not possible,
> > > > or am I just doing something wrong?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for any input.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > >
> > > >    - havoc
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