Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 07:18:59 -0500 From: "John Brooks" <john@day-light.com> To: <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Can't get rsync preserving ownership but rdist6 does? Message-ID: <NHBBKEEMKJDINKDJBJHGAEELPFAC.john@day-light.com> In-Reply-To: <BAY18-F394t9A1vP4nW000a71c7@hotmail.com>
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I pull the backups from the server instead of initiating from the client, there is a "--numeric-ids" option, for details check 'man rsync' -- John Brooks john@stlbsd.com > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-isp@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-isp@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Andrew Nelson > Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 12:09 AM > To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org > Subject: Can't get rsync preserving ownership but rdist6 does? > > > Hi, > > I have a central backup machine with a rsync daemon running with under > the user/group of root/wheel. I then have a number of other FreeBSD > machines pushing files to it for backup which is working > > On the client machines, I use: > rsync -CavzHpog /etc/namedb/ backup@backups.domainname.com:/archive/namedb > > All the files on the remote machine have the correct permissions but > are all owned by the 'backup' user. I used to use rdist6 which > would turn > the > UID and GID into numbers where the users didn't exist on the > local machine > and it > would all preserce nicely. > > My /usr/local/etc/rsyncd.conf is below and rsync is started by root > with "/usr/local/bin/rsync --daemon" > > > I'd appreciate any help! > Thanks, > Andrew. > > > -------------- > # rsyncd conf > > # User & Group for rsync to run as > uid = root > gid = wheel > > # Use chroot with rsync > use chroot = yes > max connections = 20 > > auth users = backup > secrets file = /usr/local/etc/rsyncd.secrets > > > # log and pid file options > pid file = /var/run/rsyncd.pid > log file = /var/log/rsync.log > syslog facility = local5 > > hosts allow = <my hostnames> > hosts deny = * > > [dns] > path = /archive/namedb/ > comment = Primary Name Server Backup > secrets file = /usr/local/etc/rsyncd.secrets > strict modes = true > read only = false > > _________________________________________________________________ > Protect your inbox from harmful viruses with new ninemsn Premium. Go to > http://ninemsn.com.au/premium/landing.asp?banner=emailtag&referrer=hotmail > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-isp@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-isp > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-isp-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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