Ahh. Makes sense... thank for that tip. I'll update our rsync to include the -p bit ... Cheers, Paul -----Original Message----- From: centos-mirror-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-mirror-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Sheltren Sent: April-05-11 5:22 PM To: Mailing list for CentOS mirrors. Subject: Re: [CentOS-mirror] 5.6 is coming closer On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 2:17 PM, Paul Stewart <pstewart at nexicomgroup.net> wrote: > Could someone please explain the "bit flips" ? Sorry, I haven't taken > any time to understand this .. is it just a matter of the correct rsync > command switches? > Paul, the way that mirror syncing for a release works for CentOS (and many other distributions) is to setup the new directory such that it is *not* world readable (chmod 700 5.6/ for example). This way, the files will populate the mirrors, but people will not be able to access them via ftp/http/rsync until the bit-flip (chmod 755 or so). This is so that all mirrors will have complete content before people start downloading/installing. If your 5.6 directory is open currently, then you may want to look at other rsync flags to fix it (we use -p). -Jeff _______________________________________________ CentOS-mirror mailing list CentOS-mirror at centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-mirror