Todd Cary wrote: > When I do > > scp -rp * 192.168.0.12://mydir > > as root, all of the files and sub-files are owned by root. I would like > to have them keep their original owners (and groups). > > Can this be done? > > Todd > I always use rsync for purposes like this, using rsync for the above command would be: rsync -a -e ssh * 192.168.0.12:/mydir Actually not sure about the "*", I always use the path to the directory to copy and if I want the contents of the directory then end the path with a "/". See man page for rsync for all the options to rsync. Mike -- Mike Noble mgnoble@xxxxxxxxx Key ID: 0xFFDFC13B Keyserver: http://pgpkeys.mit.edu
