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Document in --owner and "use chroot" that --numeric-ids is implied when
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permissions to be the same as the local permissions.
dit(bf(-o, --owner)) This option causes rsync to set the owner of the
destination file to be the same as the source file. On most systems,
dit(bf(-o, --owner)) This option causes rsync to set the owner of the
destination file to be the same as the source file. On most systems,
-only the super-user can set file ownership.
+only the super-user can set file ownership. Note that if the remote system
+is a daemon using chroot, the --numeric-ids option is implied because the
+remote system cannot get access to the usernames from /etc/passwd.
dit(bf(-g, --group)) This option causes rsync to set the group of the
destination file to be the same as the source file. If the receiving
dit(bf(-g, --group)) This option causes rsync to set the group of the
destination file to be the same as the source file. If the receiving