Linux – Rsync to remote server and change file / directory ownerships

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I am using Rsync to deploy to a remote server, which is working. However the file and directory ownership always replaces old files with root:root

I need the ownership of all files and folders transferred to the destination folder on the remote server to be changed to www-data:www-data.

I need to access the server as root via ssh, as I don't have the password for www-data. At the moment I have to transfer all the files, and then run the chown command in Terminal afterwards, but I'd like to automate this.

At the moment I am trying the following, but it doesn't work or transfer any files.

'rsync -rlDvz -e "ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null" –progress –exclude exclude –exclude .htaccess –exclude site/accounts source root@ip:dest && chown -R user:group dest'

Thanks

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Try rsync -aAX

This should transfer both ownership/group and extended attribute (eg: selinux)

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