Paul Slootman wrote: > On Wed 04 Jul 2007, Bas van Schaik wrote: > >>> --chmod=Dg+s,ug+w,Fo-w,+X >>> >>> >> Wow, why didn't I see that? >> >> But wait... I can't find such a line in my manpages (clean Debian Etch >> install): >> >>> $ dpkg -l | grep rsync >>> ii rsync >>> 2.6.9-2 fast remote file copy program >>> (like rcp) >>> >> My version seems to be the latest (packages.debian.org only mentions -3 >> in testing/unstable and ~pre-3-1 in experimental), maybe this feature >> only exists in the experimental version 3? Or is the manpage shipped >> with Etch out of date? Or maybe I just didn't drink enough coffee for >> today... Please enlight me! >> > > I think your coffee intake needs to be adjusted. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/data/www$ dpkg -l rsync | grep rsync > ii rsync 2.6.9-2 fast remote file copy program (like rcp) > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/data/www$ man rsync | grep -- '--chmod=' > Reformatting rsync(1), please wait... > --chmod=CHMOD affect file and/or directory permissions > --chmod=ugo=rwX (which ensures that all non-masked bits get > rsync alias -s --no-p --no-g --chmod=ugo=rwX > --chmod=Dg+s,ug+w,Fo-w,+X >
Ah, I looked at the "incoming chmod" configuration directive in rsyncd.conf, documented by man 5 rsyncd.conf. But indeed, that manpage says: > See the description of the --chmod rsync option and the chmod(1) manpage > for information on the format of this string. Which I of course haven't done yet. I'm on my way to the coffee machine... Thanks, Paul! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]