From 0c2e517e04fa5e8fb5f91583d3eed6a81c3bb85c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hartmut Goebel Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2016 23:50:41 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update FAQ Clarify that user and group of owner are stored as name, except if --numeric-owner is given. --- docs/faq.rst | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/faq.rst b/docs/faq.rst index ef6ca6619..bebb291fb 100644 --- a/docs/faq.rst +++ b/docs/faq.rst @@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ Which file types, attributes, etc. are preserved? * Name * Contents * Time of last modification (nanosecond precision with Python >= 3.3) - * User ID of owner - * Group ID of owner + * IDs of owning user and owning group + * Names of owning user and owning group (if the IDs can be resolved) * Unix Mode/Permissions (u/g/o permissions, suid, sgid, sticky) * Extended Attributes (xattrs) on Linux, OS X and FreeBSD * Access Control Lists (ACL_) on Linux, OS X and FreeBSD