[VMFR] rsync: Permission denied when downloading files

[weshayutin]

Jira Issue: OADP-7465

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Description of problem:

While testing VMFR feature I noticed an error when trying to download files via rsync command. Currently its failing with permission denied error. I'm able to download files via scp command.

$ virtctl ssh fedora@vmi/fedora-vm-test \
  -n fedora-vmfr \
  --identity-file=$HOME/.ssh/fedora_vm_key \
  --local-ssh-opts="-o StrictHostKeyChecking=no" \
  -c "rsync -avzP \
      -e 'ssh -p 2222 -i /home/fedora/fedora_vm_key \
          -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no \
          -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null' \
      vmfr-test-user@test-vmfr1-fileserver-svc.fedora-vmfr-fedora-vm-test-381f91cf.svc.cluster.local:restores/2026-02-12/test-backup/fedora-vm-test/home/fedora/test-vmfr-file.txt \
      /tmp/restored1.txt"
Warning: Permanently added '[test-vmfr1-fileserver-svc.fedora-vmfr-fedora-vm-test-381f91cf.svc.cluster.local]:2222' (ED25519) to the list of known hosts.
receiving incremental file list

sent 8 bytes  received 8 bytes  32.00 bytes/sec
total size is 0  speedup is 0.00
DEBUG: Command received: rsync --server --sender -vlogDtprze.iLsfxCIvu . restores/2026-02-12/test-backup/fedora-vm-test/home/fedora/test-vmfr-file.txt
rsync: [sender] change_dir "/restores/2026-02-12/test-backup/fedora-vm-test/home/fedora" failed: Permission denied (13)

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

OADP dev

How reproducible:

Always

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Please follow polarion case: https://polarion.engineering.redhat.com/polarion/redirect/project/OADP/workitem?id=[OADP-759](https://issues.redhat.com/browse/OADP-759)

Actual results:

Rsync command is failing with permission denied error

Expected results:

Files should be downloaded successfully via rsync

Additional info:

Reporter: Prasad Joshi
Assignee: Wes Hayutin