I have the following command. This is meant to download all files from my server to the Downloads folder of my startup drive:
/usr/local/bin/rsync -avve ssh --numeric-ids --delete --ignore-errors -R grndlvl@myserver.com:/usr/home/./grndlvl grndlvl@myserver.com:/usr/home/./grndlvl/mail_boxes/ grndlvl@myserver.com:/usr/home/./grndlvl/public_html/ /Volumes/'Macintosh HD'/Users/jeffrey/Downloads
This has always worked in the past, but now, I find that it's changing permissions for most of the directories so that a user called "_unknown" has rw, and Everyone has No access, and there are no other users. I even checked the permissions of one directory, which is all my mail boxes, and it has some weird "+" sign I've never seen before and can't be changed through the Finder, and I have no idea what chmod command would either create or eliminate it:
d-wxrw---x+ 20 3004 1000 680 Feb 4 02:35 mail_boxes
As well, even when I do manually chmod the directories I am able to, the very next rsync changes them all back!
So what am I missing here?
your command doesnt like with problem
may be you can try
-rlptgoD
instead of
-a
option..
+ access control list for fs so save permission in ACL like file access perm (chmod) and then process mapping with acl and fmpb
give this setfacl -m and remove this setfacl -x ..... and list getfacl file (or dir)
try this option and and add this end of the command
rsync -rlptgoDvvvve ssh --numeric-ids --delete --ignore-errors -R ............ /Volumes/'Macintosh HD'/Users/jeffrey/Downloads | grep generator
Any change the perms?
I'll give it a try and let you know 
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That did it. Thank you.
BTW, can I ask you what the difference between the use of -a and the other set of options is? Am I missing anything, for example symlinks or resource forks?
Oh, also, now that it's working, I assume the grep's no longer needed. Are there any other options I can now delete?
Well, I just moved my OS to a new drive, but of the same name, and now I'm getting the same permissions issues with the new command.
try with strace and write output
strace rsync -avve ssh --numeric-ids --delete --ignore-errors -R ............ /Volumes/'Macintosh HD'/Users/jeffrey
or
try update rsync if there is available
Looks like I don't have strace. Is that available in Mac OS X?
bash: strace: command not found
Also, this is the latest rsync, v.3.0.7.
depending on your version of osx, you may have either ktrace or dtrace.
dtrace apparently is present, but when the command is run I get:
dtrace: no probes specified
this is maybe a bug 
can you try patch your rsync
maybe fileflags update works :rolleyes:
http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/rsync-patches-3.0.7.tar.gz
patch -p1 <patches/fileflags.diff
patch -p1 <patches/crtimes.diff
regards
ygemici