Re: rsync to NAS for backup

From	Mirko Parthey <mirko.parthey@web.de>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: rsync to NAS for backup
Date	2021-02-19 16:30 +0100
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On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 12:39:29PM +0000, mick crane wrote:
> Appears that to retain permissions need root at both ends of rsync.

Not necessarily. If the server filesystem supports xattrs, you can use
the --fake-super option with the rsync server, running as a non-root user
that can write to the storage.

To set the option on the client side for rsync over ssh, use:

--rsync-path "rsync --fake-super"

Regards,
Mirko

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  Re: rsync to NAS for backup didier gaumet <didier.gaumet@gmail.com> - 2021-02-13 14:00 +0100
    Re: rsync to NAS for backup Toni Mas Soler <antomassol@protonmail.com> - 2021-02-13 14:00 +0100
  Re: rsync to NAS for backup Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2021-02-13 14:20 +0100
  Re: rsync to NAS for backup David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2021-02-13 20:30 +0100
    Re: rsync to NAS for backup Gary Dale <gary@extremeground.com> - 2021-02-18 17:20 +0100
      Re: rsync to NAS for backup Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> - 2021-02-18 18:10 +0100
        Re: rsync to NAS for backup <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-02-18 18:30 +0100
          Re: rsync to NAS for backup Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2021-02-19 01:10 +0100
            Re: rsync to NAS for backup <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-02-19 10:00 +0100
        Re: rsync to NAS for backup <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-02-18 18:30 +0100
          Re: rsync to NAS for backup Gary Dale <gary@extremeground.com> - 2021-02-18 20:10 +0100
        Re: rsync to NAS for backup Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-02-18 18:30 +0100
    Re: rsync to NAS for backup Mirko Parthey <mirko.parthey@web.de> - 2021-02-19 16:30 +0100

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