When I use the -a option as is asked and answered in Preserve the permissions with rsync, I got a lot of rsync: failed to set permissions on errors.rsync: failed to set permissions on /ata/text/RCS/jvlc,v: Operation not permitted (1)rsync: failed to set permissions on /ata/text/RCS/jvm,v: Operation not permitted (1)rsync: failed to set permissions on ...Why is this? The files are normal files with permission of 0664.
rsync: failed to set permissions on ... error with rsync -a or -p option
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Most likely, rsync on the destination end is not running as a user with permission to chmod those files (which would have to be either the file's owner or root).