Good evening all, The saga continues! If I rsync from my desktop to my laptop, all appears to be well, but if I use a script to copy files from desktop to external HDD, the owner & group all get changed to 'root'. part of my script follows: > D=`date +%Y_%m_%d` > M=/media/Fed_Backups_plus/Fed_Backup/"$echoF11_$(hostname)_$D"/home/Dave > > rsync -CavzpA --exclude Junk --exclude Trash --exclude *.log > .thunderbird $M > rsync -CavzpA --exclude *~ --exclude *.log WGR* $M > rsync -CavzpA --exclude *.log .kde $M As I understand the man pages on rsync, the -a option should do an archive transfer, preserving ownership & permissions (and effectively include the -p & -A options -- I added them after the first trial gave me the root owner & group). Anyone any idea why rsync is changing the owner???? Also, kwalletmanagerrc throws an "error" each time I try the copy: > rsync: send_files failed to open > "/home/Dave/.kde/share/config/kwalletmanagerrc": Permission denied (13) a) several times on startup I get the message "kwalletmanagerrc cannot be written to, contact the administrator" Looking at permissions, only the owner (root) can read & write it, b) if I'm trying to make a backup "in case of emergency", do I need to backup this file? c) if yes, how can I make my script "become root" just for this file? As ever, thanks for any help & guidance, Dave -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
