Is there a way then to have dual ownership or have the same user on multiple computers? The problem is when I backup files over ssh to an external drive, they are owned by the server. Later when I want to back up directly to the drive, I will not have permissions to do so. On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 5:40 AM, Kosala Atapattu <kosala.atapattu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Sorry for the delay, just now went through your /etc/passwd. After > reading once more through your mail, if I understand correctly, when > you create a file through ssh, login to the _server_ with a user > account in the _server_ from a client, the files you create will be > owned but the _server_ account you logged in with. This is the correct > behavior. > > Changing this behavior is not something I tried before. > > Kosala > > On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 7:24 PM, Danny Kutner <getisboy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I just got OpenSSH running through Cygwin and there are some ownership >> issues. It seems that any file I create over ssh is then owned by the >> host user (DELL4550\Family), not the client computer >> (DELLNOTEBOOK05\Family). This creates problems when running backup >> programs that utilize ssh. >> >> Is there a way to correct this? >> Thanks. >> >> -- >> - Danny >> > > > > -- > Kosala > -------------------------------------------- > Disclaimer: Views expressed in this mail are my personal views and > they would not reflect views of the employer. > -------------------------------------------- > blog.kosala.net > www.linux.lk/~kosala/ > www.kosala.net > -- - Danny
