[rdiff-backup-users] ACLs

2013-07-19 Thread Grant
Will rdiff-backup save and version ACLs? I'm hoping to use rsync --fake-super to preserve ownership and permission info in ACLs and then create an rdiff-backup repository from the rsynced files. - Grant ___ rdiff-backup-users mailing list at

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] ACLs

2013-07-19 Thread Dominic Raferd
On 19/07/2013 07:48, Grant wrote: Will rdiff-backup save and version ACLs? I'm hoping to use rsync --fake-super to preserve ownership and permission info in ACLs and then create an rdiff-backup repository from the rsynced files. Well it is certainly meant to, but I have always used it with

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] ACLs

2013-07-19 Thread Joe Steele
On 7/19/2013 6:12 AM, Dominic Raferd wrote: On 19/07/2013 07:48, Grant wrote: Will rdiff-backup save and version ACLs? I'm hoping to use rsync --fake-super to preserve ownership and permission info in ACLs and then create an rdiff-backup repository from the rsynced files. Well it is

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Incremental, automated, remote, secure

2013-07-19 Thread Greg Troxel
I was worried more about corruption *on the system being backed up*, which would not be detected for a long time, and then you have bad bits and want to find old backups. ___ rdiff-backup-users mailing list at rdiff-backup-users@nongnu.org

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Incremental, automated, remote, secure

2013-07-19 Thread Dominic Raferd
On 18/07/2013 17:39, Grant wrote: Basically run dump or something on the client, to a holding disk file on the server with the tape. I don't see any issue with temporary disk use. The point is that all the temp bits are written anew each time, not assumed to be the same based on metadata. So

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Incremental, automated, remote, secure

2013-07-19 Thread Greg Troxel
Grant emailgr...@gmail.com writes: Basically run dump or something on the client, to a holding disk file on the server with the tape. I don't see any issue with temporary disk use. The point is that all the temp bits are written anew each time, not assumed to be the same based on

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Incremental, automated, remote, secure

2013-07-19 Thread Greg Troxel
Dominic Raferd domi...@timedicer.co.uk writes: On 19/07/2013 17:12, Greg Troxel wrote: I was worried more about corruption *on the system being backed up*, which would not be detected for a long time, and then you have bad bits and want to find old backups. I see. As long as the