This patch adds a new option: --fake-super, which tells rsync to copy in a
fake super-user mode that stores various file attributes in an extended-
-attribute value instead of as real file-system attributes. The items
-affected are:
-
- mode the real mode of the file always has the special-permission bits
- cleared (u-s,g-s,o-t) and full owner access is always enabled
- (u+rw for files and u+rwx for directories). The former makes
- the files safe if the user and/or group info was not really
- preserved, and the latter ensures that our fake-super process
- can always read & write & scan the files and directories.
-
- rdev devices and special files are created as zero-length normal
- files (with all the attributes preserved in the xattr-stat).
-
- uid the real owner will be the executor of the receiving rsync.
-
- gid the real group will be the default group of the executor.
-
-The --fake-super option only affects the side where the option is used. To
-affect the remote side of a remote-shell connection, specify an rsync path:
-
- rsync -av --rsync-path='rsync --fake-super' /src/ host:/dest/
-
-The --fake-super option affects both sides of a local copy, so if you want
-to affect only one side or the other, you'll need to turn the copy into a
-remote copy to/from localhost. However, it's always safe to copy from some
-non-fake-super files into some fake-super files using a normal local copy
-since the non-fake source files will just have their normal attributes.
-
-A daemon can set "fake super = yes" in the rsync.conf file for any module
-that you'd like to be able to preserve all attributes without having it
-run as root (the client cannot affect this setting on the daemon).
+attribute value instead of as real file-system attributes. See the changes
+to the manpages for details.
After applying this patch, run these commands for a successful build:
if (write_batch && read_batch) {
snprintf(err_buf, sizeof err_buf,
"--write-batch and --read-batch can not be used together\n");
---- old/receiver.c
-+++ new/receiver.c
-@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ int recv_files(int f_in, struct file_lis
- if (fd1 == -1) {
- st.st_mode = 0;
- st.st_size = 0;
-- } else if (do_fstat(fd1,&st) != 0) {
-+ } else if (x_fstat(fd1, &st, NULL) != 0) {
- rsyserr(FERROR, errno, "fstat %s failed",
- full_fname(fnamecmp));
- discard_receive_data(f_in, file->length);
--- old/rsync.c
+++ new/rsync.c
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ extern int preserve_gid;