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| -rw-r--r-- | src/copy.c | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/copy.c b/src/copy.c index ed57f4403..ba8c4e189 100644 --- a/src/copy.c +++ b/src/copy.c @@ -176,7 +176,8 @@ copy_dir (char const *src_name_in, char const *dst_name_in, bool new_dst, st_gid fields of SRC_SB. If DEST_DESC is undefined (-1), set the owner and owning group of DST_NAME instead. DEST_DESC must refer to the same file as DEST_NAME if defined. - Return true if successful. */ + Return true if the syscall succeeds, or if it's ok not to + preserve ownership. */ static bool set_owner (const struct cp_options *x, char const *dst_name, int dest_desc, @@ -192,6 +193,7 @@ set_owner (const struct cp_options *x, char const *dst_name, int dest_desc, if (chown (dst_name, uid, gid) == 0) return true; } + if (! chown_failure_ok (x)) { error (0, errno, _("failed to preserve ownership for %s"), @@ -199,6 +201,7 @@ set_owner (const struct cp_options *x, char const *dst_name, int dest_desc, if (x->require_preserve) return false; } + return true; } |