Why does rsync change directory permissions

[kitepilot at kitepilot.com]

The design of rsync pursues to mirror "what you have" to "what you want to 
have", and that includes permissions (save some explicit "override-able" 
exceptions like setuid).
Even though there may be options to override and/or expand that behavior, 
the "correct and elegant way" (given the underline design and basic goals of 
rsync) would be to set the appropriate permissions of the files before 
transfer. 

In other words:
as part or your "rsync" script, set the permissions of the files to what you 
want to see in the final destination.
YMMV...
ET 

 

joe at actionline.com writes: 

> 
> When using rsync to upload files to my web host,
> it is changing directory permissions so things don't work
> until I ssh in and change the directory permission back
> to 755. 
> 
> Why is it doing this and what do I need to do to keep
> the permissions as they are set on my local system at 755. 
> 
> Here's the syntax that I used first and second. I added the 'p'
> thinking that would preserve permissions, but it did not. 
> 
> rsync -avH --progress /home/joe/mydata/av7/website/
> vsiqcom at box582.bluehost.com:www/av7/website/
> rsync -avHp --progress /home/joe/mydata/av7/website/
> vsiqcom at box582.bluehost.com:www/av7/website/ 
> 
>  
> 
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