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rsync chown warning

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Problem

I try to sync two directories using rsync. the source is on Linux, and the other is on windows. So, I mount the directory on windows using the command in Linux system. Then I execute Everything is OK, but rsync prints out I want to sync the directories without changing ownership. How can I do? plea…

Error Output

rsync: chown "/mnt/windows/A/." failed: Permission denied (13)
rsync: chown "/mnt/windows/A/readme.txt" failed: Permission denied (13)

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Fix for: rsync chown warning

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What rsync options are you using? You probably want to add --no-owner, --no-group, and maybe --no-perms.

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