I have a rsync question. I plan on backing up to a remote Linux server removable drive with rsync. I originally planned on formatting the removable as ext4. However I want to be able to access the data on the removable from another system. Wont permissions get in the way? I think rsync can wipe out permissions on the copy but wont that cause problems on a restore if I need to?
With root you could just access it anyhow so why change the permissions at all?
And if you have a local user/groups on the remote system that match those on your nas than it will also be possible for those.
So i don’t really see a problem here and would stick with -a .
It also greatly depends on how your permissions are on the source as those might be fixed with just a couple of chmod/chown/setfacls after a restore which likely is already enough work anyhow so this wouldn’t really matter IMHO.
The destination is formatted exFAT so permissions wont move anyway.
Why? I would stick with at least ext4 which is proven to be pretty resilient.
If you only want to read the Data from an windows-system then get that tool to do that. Not that the need should arise anyhow.
Ill give that a try. I can always fire up a raspberry pi to get the data need be…