File permissions

[John H. <jo...@dr...>]

Hello

I've just stumbled upon rsyncrypto, it seems to do just what I need
except for one thing.

I want to use rsync to backup servers but don't want to enable root
ssh. It would be useful if rsyncrypto could store file
ownership/permissions in the encrypted files and make the encrypted
files 0600 and owned by an arbitrary user - say backup. That way I can
rsync using the user 'backup' with minimal ssh privileges. The decrypt
could then restore the original permissions. Perhaps this is already
possible or maybe you know of a simple workaround.

I've also noticed that files' executable permissions are lost in the
encrypt/decrypt cycle - is this intentional?

Cheers

John