From: Wayne Davison <wayned@samba.org>
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 02:30:47 +0000 (-0800)
Subject: Mention the mapfrom/mapto scripts and how they work.
X-Git-Url: https://mattmccutchen.net/rsync/rsync.git/commitdiff_plain/8b7a752024f34a220ef340d9b466ec871e6cbc0a

Mention the mapfrom/mapto scripts and how they work.
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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 3de0006a..f0de0ca6 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ Changes since 3.0.4:
     - Added an "instant-rsyncd" script to the support directory, which makes
       it easy to configure a simple rsync daemon in the current directory.
 
+    - Added the "mapfrom" and "mapto" scripts to the support directory, which
+      makes it easier to do user/group mapping in a local transfer based on
+      passwd/group files from another machine.
+
   DEVELOPER RELATED:
 
     - Added more conditional debug output.
diff --git a/support/mapfrom b/support/mapfrom
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 4e0b71d6..ca3b8173
--- a/support/mapfrom
+++ b/support/mapfrom
@@ -1,4 +1,14 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl
+# This helper script makes it easy to use a passwd or group file to map
+# values in a LOCAL transfer.  For instance, if you mount a backup that
+# does not have the same passwd setup as the local machine, you can do
+# a copy FROM the backup area as follows and get the differing ID values
+# mapped just like a remote transfer FROM the backed-up machine would do:
+#
+# rsync -av --usermap=`mapfrom /mnt/backup/etc/passwd` \
+#           --groupmap=`mapfrom /mnt/backup/etc/group` \
+#           /mnt/backup/some/src/ /some/dest/
+
 while (<>) {
     push @_, "$2:$1" if /^(\w+):[^:]+:(\d+)/;
 }
diff --git a/support/mapto b/support/mapto
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 8bafa100..a1dbe3c1
--- a/support/mapto
+++ b/support/mapto
@@ -1,4 +1,14 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl
+# This helper script makes it easy to use a passwd or group file to map
+# values in a LOCAL transfer.  For instance, if you mount a backup that
+# does not have the same passwd setup as the local machine, you can do
+# a copy TO the backup area as follows and get the differing ID values
+# mapped just like a remote transfer TO the backed-up machine would do:
+#
+# rsync -av --usermap=`mapto /mnt/backup/etc/passwd` \
+#           --groupmap=`mapto /mnt/backup/etc/group` \
+#           /some/src/ /mnt/backup/some/dest/
+
 while (<>) {
     push @_, "$1:$2" if /^(\w+):[^:]+:(\d+)/;
 }