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I want to transfer lots of files/folders from Windows to Linux using Rsync. On linux server(destination), I want the file permission set to 644, and folder permission set to 755. If possible, I want the ownership set to root.root for all the files/folders. I have tried -p option, but it doesn't work. Thank you for any help.

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Try umask 022 before your copy. – BillThor Feb 10 '11 at 6:21

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You can set the perms using the --chmod parameter e.g.

--chmod=Du=rwx,go=rx,Fu=rw,og=r

will force the permissions to be set to 755 for Directories and 644 for Files.

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Thanks. The folder seems change to 744(drwxr--r--). Anyway, I decide to change the permission after transfer. – garconcn Feb 11 '11 at 21:42

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