<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Thanks Peter. I'll change the script to use # -r, --recursive recurse into directories # -l, --links copy symlinks as symlinks # -t, --times preserve times instead of -a. Because according to man, rysnc -a = archive mode, equivalent to -rlptgoD And -p, --perms preserve permissions -o, --owner preserve owner (root only) -g, --group preserve group -D, --devices preserve devices (root only) Are hopefully what's causing the error across the file systems. I'll post back if this fixes it when I can next test. <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Kind Regards Russ <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.windsorcycles.com.au">www.windsorcycles.com.au</a> (gedit/ubuntu/gFTP) </pre> Peter Simpson wrote: <blockquote cite="mid200504221853.46363.ubuntu@petethetree.co.uk" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On Friday 22 Apr 2005 13:49, Russell Cook wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">I have a Windows machine share mounted using: sudo mount -t smbfs -o user,quiet,credentials=/home/ruscook/.credentials,umask=0 //tigger/boot /mnt/tigger When I run rsync with the command: sudo rsync -Caz --exclude-from /home/ruscook/sync.exclude --include "*" /home/www/html/bikes/ /mnt/tigger/bikes/ I get the error: rsync: chown "/mnt/tigger/bikes/NetRides/1998/ToastyToads-Aug1998/Lookout.jpg" failed: Operation not permitted (1) Anyone know what I'm doing wrong? Thanks </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> Hi there. This is a problem with FAT not supporting Unix permissions. You will find this with anything that tries to copy a file with permission in tact. I hope that there is an option in rsync to say "Don't set permissions). Cheers, TreeBoy </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>