Using rsync to mirror directories where root owns file, using non-root user to initiate session

[Matthias Schniedermeyer]

On 20.06.2012 22:26, PEOPLES, MICHAEL P wrote:
> I have spent a day researching and attempting to debug this issue.  I am hoping someone can tell me how (or disabuse me of the delusion that it's possible) to do the following:
...

If running a command as root via sudo is acceptable. I had the exact 
same problem 2 days ago. I had to backup a machine where i only got a 
user-login, with sudo privilege.

So after some googleing i tried (As root on the target machine, but 
you can also sudo that):
rsync -avPxHz  --delete --numeric-ids --rsync-path='sudo rsync' -e ssh user at remote:/ ./

and it worked, of course that only works if (remote) sudo doesn't ask 
for a password.



Bis denn

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