Hey guys,
Quick one that helps when wanting to copy files over owned by root via rsync.
On the target machine
sudo vi /etc/sudoers
Append the following line the bottom of the file. Replace ‘dev’ with the user.
dev ALL= NOPASSWD:/usr/bin/rsync
Run rsync with --rsync-path
rsync -av -e "ssh" --rsync-path="sudo rsync" /source/ dev@target:/foo/
Pro Tip Monitor traffic with nettop -m tcp and look at the SSH processes
-Matt
03 Apr 2013