Re: [Savannah-hackers-public] download access for uploading files broken

[Bob Proulx]

Hi Assaf,

Assaf Gordon wrote:
> Thanks for fixing the NFS last night! (glad we found the solution).

Yay!  So nice to understand the database - DNS interaction change that
snagged us upon the reboot. :-)

> Bob Proulx wrote:
> > But that does not appear to be it.  I wrote a small test program to
> > acquire locks over the nfs mount and that seems to be working
> > perfectly.  Therefore I not know why rsync is not happy.
> 
> I have a hunch it relates to setting group ownership.

You are almost certainly correct.  But so far it doesn't make sense to
me yet.

> Notice the following:
> 
> 1. Uploading a simple file works:
> 
>    rsync hello.txt address@hidden:/releases/test-project/
> 
> 2. Uploading with "-a" hangs:
> 
>    rsync -a hello.txt address@hidden:/releases/test-project/
> 
> 3. "-a" is equal to "-rlptgoD",
>   and with a bit of trial-and-error, removing the '-g" works:
> 
>    rsync -rlptoD hello.txt address@hidden:/releases/test-project/

Good data.  Doesn't make sense to me yet.  For example scp -p should
also be preserving the group but it works.  But the above is
definitely good data.

> If this helps in any way - great.

Yes.  That is a good pointer to the problem.  I am sure it will make
sense soon and then this will be one more step forward too. :-)

Bob