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From: A.Raman@massey.ac.nz (A.V.Raman)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: How do I make rdist change mode of remote file?
Message-ID: <1991Feb20.023101.2687@massey.ac.nz>
Date: 20 Feb 91 02:31:01 GMT
Organization: Massey University Computer Centre
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Hello,

I'm using rdist to maintain identical file systems on our two
DEC station 3100s running ULTRIX 4.1.

If a file on the remote machine is identical to the local one in
terms of ftime and fsize, but has a different mode, rdist only
prints out a warning message.

I'd like rdist to change the mode of the file on the remote system
so it is an exact copy of the local file.  How can I do it
automatically?

Thanks for any help.

- Anand