On Tue 11 Dec 2007, Daniel Blaschke wrote: > > When using rsync to copy/sync files in my home directory onto a > usbstick, I get the following error-message for every single file (after > it has been copied): > rsync: chgrp "/media/disk/somefile" failed: Operation not permitted (1) > > The problem appeared after upgrading from etch and is probably related > to the new behaviour of gnome-volume-manager (or gnome-mount?): > usbsticks (with FAT filesystem) are automatically mounted with the > following permissions: > $ ls -lh /media > drwxr-xr-x 35 daniel root 16K 1970-01-01 01:00 disk > > In etch this used to be: > $ ls -lh /media > drwxr-xr-x 35 daniel daniel 16K 1970-01-01 01:00 usbdisk
The problem is that you're probably using rsync with the -a option (unfortunately you don't show the used command), and that instructs rsync to also preserve the group of the files. With the changed mount options, the group is not yours, hence rsync tries to change the group (which of course doesn't work with a FAT filesystem). A workaround is to tell rsync not to preserve the group; either by not passing -g, or if you're using -a also use --no-g . Paul Slootman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
