Chris, I tried using the --check-destination-dir option but of course when I re-ran the backup it eventually complained about the permissions on the same file again. I have submitted a bug report ( https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/index.php?19033) for this issue and unless there's another option I can use to work around this issue I guess I can't use rdiff-backup.
Thanks for your help nonetheless. Corey On 2/8/07, Chris Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi Corey, On Wed, 7 Feb 2007, Corey Puffalt wrote: >> Exception '[Errno 13] Permission denied: >> > >> '/mnt/backup/ibookbackups/private/var/db/Spotlight-V100/%2FVolumes%2Fftpmirror.sectoor.de'' >> > raised of class 'exceptions.OSError': >> >> What are the permissions on that directory? rdiff-backup has some >> problems with directories with weird permissions like d--x------, >> because it mirrors those permissions in the repository, and then finds >> that it can't access the directory on the next run. > > > The permissions on the backup side don't look problematic: > > drwx------ 2 corey corey 4096 Jun 27 2006 > %2FVolumes%2Fftpmirror.sectoor.de > > On my laptop the permissions look slightly different (could it be the x bit > is the problem?): > > drw------- 2 root wheel 68 Jun 27 2006 > %2FVolumes%2Fftpmirror.sectoor.de > > Is the issue with permissions a known issue that is being worked on or > should I create a bug report? Yes, I think that is the problem. Without execute permissions on the directory, rdiff-backup cannot descend into it. Please do file a bug report. Cheers, Chris. -- _____ __ _ \ __/ / ,__(_)_ | Chris Wilson <0000 at qwirx.com> - Cambs UK | / (_/ ,\/ _/ /_ \ | Security/C/C++/Java/Perl/SQL/HTML Developer | \ _/_/_/_//_/___/ | We are GNU-free your mind-and your software |
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