BTW you were correct it was altering the parent folders permissions to match. It did not used to but hey, I am sure I changes something along the way ;) I just dumped the backups into a sub directory on the backup[ server and life was good. Thanks for pointing this out :) -----Original Message----- From: plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Bryan O'Neal Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 4:59 PM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: RE: Weird behavior with rsync and permission creep It shouldn't be since the directories have different groups and different permissions. Truth is I don't pay much attention to it since I do ACL on everything. I have changed the permissions on both directories to match but I need them to be rwxrwx--- or else I have problems with my windows users writing to the samba shares. I will run the experiment and see what happens. Thanks for the suggestion :) -----Original Message----- From: plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Austin Godber Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 4:25 PM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: Weird behavior with rsync and permission creep Is it setting the permissions on the target to match the permissions on the source dir? Austin Bryan O'Neal wrote: > When ever I run my rsync script (see bellow) it changes the permissions > on the destination users home directory. What is going on? > > I have three machines I backup to a box offsite. Each box has an > account on the remote box and is using standard key authentication via > ssh. Once of my boxes has this peculiar problem in that when it > finishes backing up the permissions on the destination home directory > are not the same as when it started. > The script in question is running from an old Cent OS 4 box to an old > REL 4 box. I have no issue with my windows boxes backing up to the same > REL4 box, but the Cent OS box keeps resetting its REL4 users home > directory from rwx------ to rwxrwxr-x which, amongst other things, stops > me from being able to run the script. The issue started several months > ago and I can not find any cause. > > > > #!/bin/bash > service sendmail start > date |cat >> /user/Desktop/Dailyrsync.log > rsync -a -r -v -t -z --stats --progress -e ssh /home/ > centos@192.168.27.15:/home/centos |cat >> /user/Desktop/Dailyrsync.log > rsync -a -r -v -t -z --stats --progress -e ssh /homextra/shares/ > centos@192.168.27.15:/home/centos |cat >> /user/Desktop/Dailyrsync.log > cat /user/Desktop/Dailyrsync.log >> /root/Desktop/rsync.log > > mailx -s "Redcent Backup Log" Bryan.Oneal@cornerstonehome.com < > /root/Desktop/Dailyrsync.log > sleep 1m > rm /user/Desktop/Dailyrsync.log > > > service sendmail stop > > > Bryan O'Neal > Cornerstone Homes & Development, Inc. > 4220 E. McDowell Rd Ste. #108 > Mesa, AZ 85215 > (480) 505-1900 > http://www.cornerstonehome.com > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss