#1137288 rsync failed to serve same-filesystem symlinks

Package:
rsync
Source:
rsync
Description:
fast, versatile, remote (and local) file-copying tool
Submitter:
szjozsef
Date:
2026-05-22 21:01:00 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1137288#5
Date:
2026-05-22 08:25:53 UTC
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To:
Dear Maintainer,

   * What led up to the situation?
after the updte to 3.2.7-1+deb12u5 rsync refuses to serve files which are symlinks
even if :
munge symlinks = no
use chroot = no
are correctly set.
Before this version the files was server correctly

The remote rsync command:
rsync -LtDqI rsync://this.server/Config/path_to_file local_file

   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?
If I create hard-links or use normal files the files arre transferred
   * What was the outcome of this action?
The sucurity fix included in 3.2.7-1+deb12u5 somehow disabled the effect of commands: munge symlinks = no & use chroot = no for same file-system, same-partition, same-volume symlinked files
   * What outcome did you expect instead?
the files should be transferred correctly as before, the symlink-dereferenced and the linked file server to remote client