Reverse function how to

[Leslie Jensen]

I'm using a script that does this:

/usr/local/bin/rsync -tpv --files-from=/home/admin/bin/list_of_files / 
/home/admin/configuration/

I can't get the permissions on the files to stick, when the files are 
written they get root as owner. I run the script as root.


Secondly I would like to reverse the sync so that I can move the 
directory configuration to another machine and make rsync copy the files 
from there and owerwrite the original files on the system.

TIA

/Leslie