2006/1/20, Jim Perrin <jperrin at gmail.com>: > > When I run rsync over ssh, even sudo, I get permissions errors: > > > > sudo rsync -av --rsh=/usr/bin/ssh --delete <source dir> > > <user>@<server>:<dest dir> > > > > I've always used -e ssh when rsyncing that way, might give it a shot > and see if it's a command difference. > > > > readlink groups/amatogroup/intranet/FoldingServerOO-dev/trash/foldingServer/Folding.NMA/CVS: > > Permission denied > > > > and > > > > opendir(groups/amatogroup/research/shepherding/single/RCS): Permission denied > > > > Any idea? I did a lot of googling, but nothing that looked useful to me. > > Thanks! > > Does it work right outside of ssh (assuming that's possible to test)? -e ssh must be equivalent to --rsh=/usr/bin/ssh because it did not affect the result. The directories that rsync can not copy usually have a 700 permission. That is why I run it sudo rsync. For some reason sudo does not give rsync all the permissions that it should have. -- Enrico Indiogine Parasol Laboratory Texas A&M University enricoi at cs.tamu.edu hindiogine at gmail.com 979-845-3937