rsync: failed to set permissions on "<filename>": Function not implemented (38)

[Warren Block]

On Wed, 27 Oct 2010, Noah wrote:

> No response on the rsync mail list so I am trying here.
>
> I am trying to figure out how I can get my rsync client and server to coexist 
> better.  I am running into the following error:
>
>
> rsync: failed to set permissions on "<filename>": Function not implemented 
> (38)

What is the target filesystem?  That kind of error can happen when 
filesystems don't implement all the features rsync expects, like FAT.