Can you please give more details on how 'cp -p' fails on NFS? The Linux man page for 'cp' does not specify cp behavior in case it cannot change file attributes. The BSD man page says:
If the user ID and group ID cannot be preserved, no error message is displayed and the exit value is not altered.
Michael,
Can you please give more details on how 'cp -p' fails on NFS? The Linux man page for 'cp' does not specify cp behavior in case it cannot change file attributes. The BSD man page says:
If the user ID and group ID cannot be preserved, no error message is displayed and the exit value is not altered.