I'm trying to rsync some directories from a webserver running RHEL5 to a system running Xubuntu. I have rsync, ssh, and keys setup for the machines. I've tried everything so that when i backup from the source, the destination maintains the user and group names,etc.
Source:
drwx--x--x 8 root root 4096 Feb 8 03:29 ./ drwxr-xr-x 29 root root 4096 Feb 6 14:46 ../ drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Dec 19 14:58 .cpan/ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Feb 8 03:29 .cpanm/ drwx------ 6 root root 4096 Feb 7 03:29 .cpcpan/ drwx------ 4 root root 4096 Aug 16 2010 cpeasyapache/ drwx--x--x 35 foreve24 foreve24 4096 Feb 6 11:33 foreve24/ drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Mar 8 2011 MySQL-install/
Destination:
drwx--x--x 8 root root 4096 Feb 8 03:29 . drwxr-xr-x 7 sbackup sbackup 4096 Feb 8 12:25 .. drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Feb 8 12:25 .cpan drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Feb 8 12:25 .cpanm drwx------ 6 root root 4096 Feb 8 12:25 .cpcpan drwx------ 4 root root 4096 Feb 8 12:25 cpeasyapache drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Feb 8 12:25 foreve24 drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Mar 8 2011 MySQL-install
As you can see everything is kept as root. Here's my insane rsync command i'm using:
sudo /usr/bin/rsync --rsync-path="sudo /usr/bin/rsync" -azvrpogRHAX --fake-super --numeric-ids --rsh='ssh -l root -p 14308' --files-from=/home/foreve24/backup_files/movelist / rsync://root@xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/sitebackup/
I started with:
rsync -azvrR --rsh='sudo ssh -p 14308' --files-from=/home/foreve24/backup_files/movelist / rsync://sbackup@xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/sitebackup
This has about every suggestion i've seen but I still can't get 'foreve24' as user and group for example.
The xubuntu server is using rsyncd i believe; is there configuration or do i have to disable to that in order to properly copy permissions?
Is /etc/passwd containing the same users the only way? if so, how do i properly deal with already assigned and conflicting UID and GID in the passwd files?
I have a file/script method to re-replicate the permissions but my understanding is I can get rsync to preserve them somehow in this instance.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
