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Improved comments on --owner and --groups, and removed misinformation

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on a chroot daemon (it does not imply --numeric-ids).
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Wayne Davison
2004-01-23 09:29:16 +00:00
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@@ -512,15 +512,20 @@ other files (including updated files) retain their existing permissions
dit(bf(-o, --owner)) This option causes rsync to set the owner of the
destination file to be the same as the source file. On most systems,
only the super-user can set file ownership. Note that if the remote system
is a daemon using chroot, the --numeric-ids option is implied because the
remote system cannot get access to the usernames from /etc/passwd.
only the super-user can set file ownership. The preservation is done
primarily by name, but falls back to using the ID number if the ID has
no name on the sending side or has no match on the receiving side.
See also the --numeric-ids option and the "use chroot" setting in the
rsyncd.conf manpage.
dit(bf(-g, --group)) This option causes rsync to set the group of the
destination file to be the same as the source file. If the receiving
program is not running as the super-user, only groups that the
receiver is a member of will be preserved (by group name, not group ID
number).
receiver is a member of will be preserved. The preservation is done
primarily by name, but falls back to using the ID number if the ID has
no name on the sending side or has no match on the receiving side.
See also the --numeric-ids option and the "use chroot" setting in the
rsyncd.conf manpage.
dit(bf(-D, --devices)) This option causes rsync to transfer character and
block device information to the remote system to recreate these
@@ -756,9 +761,10 @@ what ownership to give files. The special uid 0 and the special group
0 are never mapped via user/group names even if the --numeric-ids
option is not specified.
If the source system is a daemon using chroot, or if a user or group
name does not exist on the destination system, then the numeric ID
from the source system is used instead.
If a user or group has no name on the source system or it has no match
on the destination system, then the numeric ID
from the source system is used instead. See also the comments on the
"use chroot" setting in the rsyncd.conf manpage.
dit(bf(--timeout=TIMEOUT)) This option allows you to set a maximum I/O
timeout in seconds. If no data is transferred for the specified time