[PLUG] Re: sftp and scp - preserving UID/GID (2)

[Russell Senior]

>>>>> "Fedor" == Fedor Pikus <fpikus at gmail.com> writes:

Fedor> I suspect that there may be security ramifications as well with
Fedor> root blindly creating files owned by another user. 

Hey, if I have a root login on the box, piddly restrictions on what
scp can do aren't going to save you (are they??).

Fedor> Anyway, the best way to copy everything exactly as-is is to
Fedor> pipe tar through ssh, this also copies links accurately.

Is tar better in an observable way than rsync in this regard, and 
if so, how?


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