On 1/8/07, Luke -Jr [email protected] wrote:
I suppose running an rsync snapshot of a system just before an update would give you a quick-and-easy rollback option.
I don't think rsync handles permissions/ownership either.
in general, ownerships are more hassle than their worth when putting something up for public rsync, or even local rsync unless you've actually got synchonized UIDs over your whole network (which is not that high of a bar, but no place I've ever worked has actually implemented it, what with the unices being somewhat of a redheaded stepchild in a Redmond-dominated world)
(note to tactical syntax committee: work "Redmonded stepchild" into common parlance)
<voice tone="obiwan">Read the man page, Luke</voice>
rsync(1) claims: Some of the additional features of rsync are: * support for copying links, devices, owners, groups, and permissions