Re: [Hampshire] rsync usage

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Author: Bob Dunlop
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To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] rsync usage
On Mon, Oct 01 at 06:18, john lewis wrote:
> I have genealogy data on my server (landing) which I want to duplicate
> on my local system (and eventually to a remote system)
>
> I used rsync with following command as the local user:
>
> rsync -avz landing:/var/lib/geneweb/ /var/lib/geneweb
>
> I get the following messages:
>
> receiving file list ... done
> rsync: failed to set times on "/var/lib/geneweb/.": Operation not
> permitted (1)


You don't need to run as root (unless you need to preserve non you
ownerships on files) but the local /var/lib/geneweb/ directory needs
to be writable by your local user.
-- 
        Bob Dunlop