cannot rsync when source directory lacks write permission

[Steven Levine]

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<64FAB8215D47A944ABDF7DE50A3406A219C2CFBA5A at ESESSCMS0353.eemea.ericsson.se>,
on 08/07/12
   at 07:57 AM, András Porjesz <andras.porjesz at ericsson.com> said:

Hi,

>Probably it is related to this bug:
>https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8844

Well, this behavior is not a bug.  It is the way rsync works.  If a
transfer runs as nobody, it's not going to be able to create much of
anything on most setups.  Running as nobody is typically used for
anonymous rsync servers that need only read permission to the files in the
module.

Steven

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