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Odhiambo Washington:

> rsync from the backup machine.
> Can't you modify the rsnapshot code to make the permissions on the files 

I don't think I can. :)

> it creates to be accessible by a special group, and create a user in 
> this group which you can then use to login from the backup machine?
> Just an idea.

Besides, I think the point is that permissions/owners are all preserved 
so that when you need to restore, you don't have to wonder about 
changing uid/gid.

Thanks!

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