rsync, 'uid/gid impossible to set' cases cause future hard link failure, how to fix?

Question

I am using rsync version 3.1.1 protocol version 31 with cygwin version 2.3.1(0.291/5/3).

I believe that I need to chown all my Win7 files, with unknown uid/gid\'s, w

Answer 1

I just added --no-owner --no-group and the message was not shown anymore.

This then doesn't copy the file owner or group, but when copying from Windows systems this isn't often a problem.