Have you tried it with the -p flag? -Steve James wrote: > Anyone ever use rsync to propagate the sudoer file? > > I have the following in the rsyncd.conf file: > > [sudo] > comment = AIX sudoer filer > path = /home/das/aix/sudo > outgoing chmod=Du+rwx,go-w,Fg-wx,o-rwx > incoming chmod=Du+rwx,go-w,Fg-wx,o-rwx > > I run the following on the client side: > > rsync -avvz 192.168.84.83::sudo /etc > > What I need is the file to have the permissions of 440 what I get is > 640 on the file and 770 on the directory /etc which really makes a > mess of things. > > Thanks