john lewis wrote:
> On Mon, 01 Oct 2007 18:58:05 +0100
> Stuart Sears <stuart@???> wrote:
>
>> 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)
>>> ./
>>> rsync: failed to set times on "/var/lib/geneweb/.": Operation not
>>> permitted (1)
>>>
>>> sent 32 bytes received 6324 bytes 12712.00 bytes/sec
>>> total size is 35886561 speedup is 5646.09
>>> rsync error: some files could not be transferred (code 23) at
>>> main.c(1385) [generator=2.6.9]
>>>
>>> This is the first attempt at syncing the directories on landing
>>> and local boxes.
>>>
>>> should I have run rsync as root or have I missed some part of the
>>> incantation.
>> does your local user have write access to /var/lib/geneweb?
>
> owner: root, group: geneweb
> permissions: 42777 (but should probably be 42775)
>
> local user is a member of group geneweb
>
But does geneweb have write permission on directory /var/lib/? The
error mentions /var/lib/geneweb/. -- note the final dot -- so it's
trying to set the timestamp of the geneweb directory, which means
updating an entry in the parent directory.
Possibly -- it's late and I'm tired.
cheers
Chris
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Chris Dennis cgdennis@???
Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK
