James writes:

> ssh backup@host sudo script_calling_rsync

The symptoms are that you are running rsync as a uid other
than 0.  How are you sure that rsync is uid 0?  Or even if
rsync is uid 0, are there filesystem mount options that
force uid 0 to another uid (eg: nobody)?

One thing to check is ps while a backup is running.

Craig

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