Re: Copy all newer files from one server to another?

From: Mechphisto (liam_at_REEMOVEmechphisto.net)
Date: 03/23/04 

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 19:34:09 GMT

"Brian Chase" <networkr0@cfl.rr.com> wrote in message
news:uC_7c.306278$jH.4318990@twister.tampabay.rr.com...
> Rsync has an interesting algorithm that checks filesystems,
> block-by-block, so even if a big database file changes a little like an
> Access .mdb file or a huge Outlook .pst file, it will only copy the
> changes in that file without re-copying the entire file, great for
> dial-up and using your bandwidth conservatively compared to all other
> backup methods.
>

Having a problem, and not really finding an answer.
>From the source server I'm using:
$ rsync -av -e ssh /home/ username@destination_ip:/home/
and when I used --dry-run it seemed to work fine. When I do it for real,
every file has:
"failed to set permissions on folder/filename : Operation not permitted"

I did a google search, and found a comment abount needing read/execute
permissions on the source files. So I did:
$ chmod a+rx -R /home/*
and tried again...same thing.

I'm tempted to try to run it at the source as root, but that error has me
concerned...like it's trying to change something on the source.
Any suggestions?

Thanks!
Liam