[Buildroot] [PATCH] system: add optional rsync with preserved permissions

[Thomas Petazzoni]

On Mon, 4 Oct 2021 10:08:09 +0300
José Pekkarinen <jose.pekkarinen at unikie.com> wrote:

> Never heard of it, but after a quick check it looks like
> it is a better answer to my problem, since I found that, for
> example, if I want to provide, an authorized_keys file owned
> by root, with 600 permissions, rsync copies the file with 644,
> which is closer, but not perfect.

Yes, with a permission table, you can adjust not just the permissions,
but also the ownership of files.

Thomas
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