Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:45:02 +0200 From: Volodymyr Kostyrko <c.kworr@gmail.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unprivileged user can't set sticky bit on a file; why? Message-ID: <gfjdqe$9kv$1@ger.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.64.0811132245120.1597@zeno.ucsd.edu> References: <Pine.GSO.4.64.0811132245120.1597@zeno.ucsd.edu>
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Nate Eldredge wrote: > I came across this when trying to rsync some files which had the sticky > bit set on the remote side. (It's the historical Unix archive from > tuhs.org; the files in question are part of an unpacked V7 UNIX > installation, for which the sticky bit of course had meaning. :-) ) > It's annoying that this makes rsync fail; it messes up my mirroring script. You can ask rsync to change file attributes on the fly with the --chmod option. Just my 2c. -- Sphinx of black quartz judge my vow.
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