Backup files on a remote machine with non-root permission using rsync

David Hausheer

With fakeroot

Use rsync-fakeroot, an advanced backup script based on rsync and fakeroot that preserves access permissions and ownership even without root permission on the backup host

With stat

Create a meta file that contains the file properties:

stat

With mke2fs

Create an ext2 filesystem within a file:

mke2fs

Backup files on a remote machine with non-root permission using rsync

With fakeroot

With stat

With mke2fs

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