Chris Wilson wrote: > Hi Andrew, > > On Tue, 27 Feb 2007, Andrew Ferguson wrote: > >> Chris, rdiff-backup will adjust permissions as necessary (eg, adding 100 to >> Spotlight-V100 during backup), but you have to be the file's owner to do so >> (or root). > > Sorry for the late reply. Do you happen to know where it does that, and since > what version? I've run into this problem when backing up directories with > weird > permissions using 1.0.4 and 1.0.5. > > Also, rdiff-backup shouldn't need any special permissions to alter the > permissions of the directories _which it creates and owns_ in the mirror. It > just needs to be careful to ensure that they are created with sane > permissions.
Chris, I misread the code in question. rdiff-backup does behave as you describe. It does NOT adjust the permissions on unreadable source-side directories if you are the owner. Sorry for believing otherwise. And yes, on the destination side, rdiff-backup does adjust the permissions on the fly since it created and owns the directories in question. It does not give them sane permissions permanently because rdiff-backup tries to maintain an exact replica of the source on the destination side. Andrew -- Andrew Ferguson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ rdiff-backup-users mailing list at [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users Wiki URL: http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki
