Same symptom in 9.04. Nasty in 8.04 which is LTS and typically used as home server: The command find $1 -depth -xdev -print | cpio -pdm $2 is not usable since 16 months!
We have to use rsync instead. -- cpio 2.9 drops directory permissions and ownership https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/214942 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs