Unison is ignoring local config and overriding remote file permissions If I modify a local file, unison syncs that file but it removes all permissions on the destination server, leaving only the following permissions: -rw------- My local config contains the switches which should tell unison to ignore file permissions: ### ~/.unison/my-server.prf perms = 0 dontchmod = true I start unison with the following command: unison -ui text -repeat watch my-server My local unison is version 2.48.4, remote is 2.48.3

Somehow, this issue went away. I'm not sure which of the following fixed it, but here's what I did:

* Deleted my local replica and the archive files under `~/.unison`
* Uninstalled then reinstalled unison locally (the same version, 2.48.4)
* Added `force = ssh://username@my-remote-server//home` to the config to mirror the remote server
* Once it had synced, I removed the `force` config option and started as usual



Now, for whatever reason and despite the version mismatch, the permissions are working fine.