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# 1  
Old 12-01-2011
retain ownership
Hi,
I have a script which transfers files/directories from one HP unix to another HP unix server using SCP but i need to retain ownership of files/folders same as source server my script is as follows

PHP Code:
cd /sasdata/TR_CNTO328/C0328T07/Dry_Run_1/Macros
find . -type d -newer . -exec scp -pr {} sasadmin@targetserver:/sasdata/TR_CNTO328/C0328T07/Dry_Run_1/Macros ';' 
,
permission,timestamp remains same as source server but ownership of files/folders getting changed,I need to know why this is happening or is there any parameter which i need to mention in my script.
Last edited by tushar_spatil; 12-01-2011 at 06:02 AM.. Reason: addon error
# 2  
Old 12-01-2011
As per the scp manual page, the -p option does not preserve ownership. And this makes sense, as the user "sasadmin" is the owner of the destination. If you can log into the destination system as root, you could use tar or cpio to preserve ownership.
# 3  
Old 12-01-2011
Hi
Thanks for reply i have to use scp only. then how to preserve ownership in scp
any help will be appriciated

Thanks and Regards
# 4  
Old 12-01-2011
You don't.

Create a tarball and copy it over with scp. The tar files will preserve ownership when root extracts them.
# 5  
Old 12-01-2011
use rsync over ssh
# 6  
Old 12-01-2011
rsync is an alternative way to copy files from system to system - but it uses ssh to make the connection. And it will not preserve ownership unless you are connecting as root on the destination system.

Another alternative is nfs and its ilk - sharing out a directory would preserve ownership -- by UID.
# 7  
Old 12-02-2011
thank you all for your response i just got to know that one can not retain ownership of file/directory while SCP!!!
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