| >On 28Jan2010 23:32, DB<Freddog_de@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: | >| 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: | > | >What format is your external drive? If it is, say, a FAT filesystem then | >it does not support user and group information. | | Thanks, Cameron, it was an NTFS partition. It is now an ext3 & | permissions etc are "as expected"! Glad to hear it. Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ Q: What's the difference between a psychotic and a neurotic? A: A psychotic doesn't believe that 2 + 2 = 4. A neurotic knows it's true, but it bothers him. -- 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
