From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Feb 20 18:35:14 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E950F1DC54 for ; Tue, 20 Feb 2018 18:35:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from duane@nofroth.com) Received: from mail-qk0-x236.google.com (mail-qk0-x236.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c09::236]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 14CEC85AE9 for ; Tue, 20 Feb 2018 18:35:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from duane@nofroth.com) Received: by mail-qk0-x236.google.com with SMTP id y137so11585898qka.4 for ; Tue, 20 Feb 2018 10:35:14 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=nofroth.com; s=google; h=cc:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent :mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language:content-transfer-encoding; bh=4Whd+xN4bG0ujfi1TCNHopCRIHbBrC+P/9aCyW7BYFE=; b=TfSy9IIwS7cY3vYSfb92i/nEDVsvSwS7M0s77OKQEtGCOBD298F/IgkTpMSQHxZ6r9 ihbSCcmpQnmCLAC3bejjgZWEkUR7V361AWVQsaH078W6u/2u91Lm5wWdhOm75k8MOG0j Yjm4IBs4gou7oYr1CyGE5ncuL/w+30Bqyv6YkabQ+mkuc/OQUIOGLCcryw5dZEUBgK0F /SIdjZMbZbKmQ51NpVkYWl564eoRQv3VCWqsxeIxSXg9Wx+j7UColRSZ/KWnFjttA7Yt ZNwiGV8jCArrk70mnwLElhhxUyMC2DDaDBNWtn9cVWSxAfrK0/rngL71L9d/x3cZndcl 0Chw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:cc:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language :content-transfer-encoding; bh=4Whd+xN4bG0ujfi1TCNHopCRIHbBrC+P/9aCyW7BYFE=; b=ngrAOGBgUROm5SCnodDWeCiOpbM8OiVgBmK0B+6wcbKyvHkTVbzljQckoOaNXIaKkA kihKvqDPJGlYT4u5dbuDT4GhT3UPGkqyLm4dZNJeaGJ1hVjSAXj8LNkBlq2RXl5svRQ9 dyrhceUXQBX3eGy169we/+VKhjrKoMKkZMfwNHn328dsvGFJOlZ9Mw/k3hAqDGpsoNF6 lqhJ4q6ZsUeO/E4GBL1u0ei0Aorn95acpc+H9r6LukBc/vNH6OhWAMlaK6e0RqFu6ia3 s3CI4+1u0LRD97s5jXQjjZTjR/K22BgVTIYb50gNuPMdlg6tar3YSt2MUNsTcCvGKfRR aMPA== X-Gm-Message-State: APf1xPAVGuuuLepKjyWcl7R5FuH/tWlMysMraobOPoorH0BYV5XX2VNo BMqi6p4J5EItPsktI7Y+Z60aMZ+OvXM= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AH8x226OKkUSu24z9HiwyIn0k15egRaZk9SpgO6zr+7lYFPAYIjyMVpdOvaNSHqsXv/BB5HaOYLYAw== X-Received: by 10.55.203.156 with SMTP id u28mr914118qkl.95.1519151713610; Tue, 20 Feb 2018 10:35:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from [10.8.8.36] ([162.253.131.178]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id h127sm9288560qkc.70.2018.02.20.10.35.12 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 20 Feb 2018 10:35:13 -0800 (PST) Cc: duane@nofroth.com Subject: Re: WebDAV permissions anomoly (FreeBSD-1, Apache24) To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <8dd22f1fb178c6d2484bc1ed16f5fefb.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> From: Duane Whitty Message-ID: <9449880b-953f-6177-ce2a-12b634ecfebd@nofroth.com> Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2018 14:35:11 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <8dd22f1fb178c6d2484bc1ed16f5fefb.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2018 18:35:14 -0000 On 18-02-20 12:37 PM, James B. Byrne via freebsd-questions wrote: > I am encountering some confusing problems with permissions with > respect to our recently transferred WebDAV site. Some, perhaps most > but definitely some, of the files and folders that were transferred > from the old site to the new via rsync do not seem to exhibit the > expected behaviour with respect to user permissions while flies and > folders that have been created since the transfer do. > > For example: A folder X was transferred from the old site while folder > Y has been newly created on the present site. A file that can be > moved into and out of folder Y cannot be placed into folder X due to a > permissions problem. And yet both folders reside in the same > directory node and have the exact same permissions and ownership. > > Is there any explanation for this? I have searched but I cannot seem > to find anything on this specific problem. > > Hi James, I'm not an rsync or webdav expert but, if I may, there are a couple of things I would like to suggest that you do to make it easier and more effective for others to help you. *) File system types? *) What was your exact rsync command? *) There are probably file permission settings for webdav, what are yours? *) Do you have any security policies in place e.g. MAC, etc? Hope this helps a little. Good hunting! Best Regards, Duane -- Duane Whitty duane@nofroth.com