Hello
there was a message from Paul last answered at 2009-10-01. Paul
discribes exactly the problem I have. Shachar I am very interested in
fix you mention to preserve the permission and ownership. In case this
is really may I ask if you could please implement the fix?
Thanks a lot
Michale
Paul van der Vlis wrote:
> Shachar Shemesh schreef:
>
>
>> At this point in time, rsyncrypto does not back up either permission or
>> ownership. It is planned for the future, but with no definitive time frame.
>>
>
> Maybe it is possible to save the ownership and permissions of all files
> into a file?
>
> Something like that is also used to store Linux backups on e.g. FAT.
>
> ( I make a local copy of the system before the encryption, so no risk on
> changings. )
>
>
One thing I can do quite easily is to have the backup files share the
same owners and permissions as the original. I can do that without
changing the file format (which is only planned for rsyncrypto 2, again
with no clear date in view).
Would that solve the problem for you?
Shachar
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