`rsync` using `-a` parameter may cause error

[xiaosiyu0603]

The target folder to deploy on server is on NFS, so --omit-dir-times argument is needed (reference); the owner of target folder is not me, which means I'm not allowed to change its owner, so --owner/-o argument can not be used, while -a includes -rlptgoD and causing error. Files can be synchronized correctly.

rsync: failed to set times on "/home/xxx/www/blog-test/.": Operation not permitted (1)
rsync: failed to set permissions on "/home/xxx/www/blog-test/.": Operation not permitted (1)
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Error: rsync: failed to set times on "/home/xxx/www/blog-test/.": Operation not permitted (1)
rsync error: some files/attrs were not transferred (see previous errors) (code 23) at main.c(1338) [sender=3.2.7]

[uiolee]

https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/rsync.1#opt--no-OPTION

An alternative solution is to use --no- to turn off certain options, such as the o you said