I have two hosts which have their respective keys loaded into each others .ssh/authorized-keys2 file for root. I want to move a directory tree from one host to the other via rsync to maintain a shadow structure of the application provided on the main host. This is the relevant part of the command: rsync -avz --rsh=ssh --delete-after /var/data/pas-redmine root at inet01.mississauga.harte-lyne.ca:/var/data The connection is made and a good deal of material is successfully transferred. I am however getting a number of permission errors: rsync: readlink "/var/data/pas-redmine/lib/tabular_form_builder.rb" failed: Permission denied (13) rsync: readlink "/var/data/pas-redmine/lib/redmine.rb" failed: Permission denied (13) rsync: readlink "/var/data/pas-redmine/lib/diff.rb" failed: Permission denied (13) and many more: The permissions and owner for these are: -rw-r--r-- 1 pas pas 2341 May 9 13:57 \ /var/data/pas-redmine/lib/tabular_form_builder.rb -rw-r--r-- 1 pas pas 7934 May 9 13:57 \ /var/data/pas-redmine/lib/redmine.rb -rw-r--r-- 1 pas pas 5602 May 9 13:57 \ /var/data/pas-redmine/lib/diff.rb ... The host application directory structure is a checked out svn repository, but some of the files that are giving errors are created locally such as the database dump file. I am at a loss to explain this since the rsync and ssh user, so far as I can tell, is root and this, so far as I understand, should allow unrestricted access to the files regardless of the ownership or permissions. If someone can clue me in as to what I am misapprehending here I would be much appreciative. -- *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB at Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3