[ale] rsync error

[Benjie]

It sounds like a permission problem.  fat filesystems don't support
unix permissions, and the -a option under rsync is trying to preserve
your permissions.  Maybe the permissions on some of your files aren't
able to transfer to the vfat filesystem.

Benjie

On 7/15/06, Paul Cartwright <paul_tbot at pcartwright.com> wrote:
> ok, I'm trying to back up my /home folder BEFORE I upgrade my main box
> from SUSE 10.0 to Kubuntu.
> I'm getting errors like this:
>
> .paulc_domain.directory/Paul_D/new/
> rsync: chown "/windows/E/pbc/.paulc_domain.directory/Paul_D/new"
> failed: Operation not permitted (1)
> .paulc_domain.directory/Paul_D/tmp/
> rsync: chown "/windows/E/pbc/.paulc_domain.directory/Paul_D/tmp"
> failed: Operation not permitted (1)
>
>
> the command was:
> rsync  -Cavz /home /windows/E/
> windows/E is a vfat partition, writeable by all.
>
> some files & folders did copy, and I did not have kmail open when I did
> this.
>
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> Paul Cartwright
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