For years I had a custom script sync my ~/.ssh directory on my primary workstation to my laptop, to pick up new keys and config changes. It failed after I switc

For years I had a custom script sync my ~/.ssh directory on my primary workstation to my laptop, to pick up new keys and config changes. It failed after I switched from Ubuntu to Fedora, and I was surprised to discover --xattrs fixed it. tl;dr try this if rsync fails in unexpected ways: echo "Syncing ~/.ssh directory" rsync --archive --delete --xattrs ~/.ssh/ laptop:.ssh/