On Tuesday 12 December 2006 21:12, Georg Altmann wrote: > > --On Dienstag, 12. Dezember 2006 19:29 +0100 Oliver Lehmann > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Georg Altmann wrote: > > > >> The solution proposed is to keep file flags in a list and set them after > >> all files have been restored, so that all hardlinks can be created. > >> Though it is probably enough to do this for hardlinked files. Looks > >> like this would make the restore code even more complicated. > >> > >> But what is the solution if you restore a file from an incremental > >> backup which is a hardlink to an IMMUTABLE file? > > > > Or what is when you just try to restore the hardlink (and you didn't knew > > it was a hardlink). Beside saying that reinstalling the OS should be > > recommended here, the IMMUTABLE flag can also be used for non-OS files > > too. This can't be "fixed" by just reinstalling the OS ;) > > No, of course not. I was just supposing this as a fix for your specific > error messages. > On the other hand, having files with the schg flag set AND hardlinks is not > something that happens very often. > > > I'd say that > > keeping the flags and setting them when the whole restore is done is one > > step in the right direction and fixes at least some of the problems. Even > > if it does not fix the problems 100% > > Just read my other post about SELinux and MAC. I don't think managing > immutable flags is the responsibility of bacula or any other backup > software. There should really be a possibility to make backups and > restores, without having all those policies to get in your way, instead of > implementing a complicated handling scheme in every backup-software. Maybe > worth a bug report for FreeBSD?
Bravo!!!! Three cheers!!!!!! :-) > > Cheers, > Georg > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
