On 21/06/10 13:39, Eric Beversluis wrote: > Well I rebooted and then it ran fine. Does that mean it is _necessary_ > to run rdiff-backup with a "clean" boot, or does anyone have some other > explanation for the errors I got? > > Thanks
>> e...@linux-7fva:~> su >> linux-7fva:/home/eric # rdiff-backup >> ListError home/eric/.gtk-bookmarks/.gvfs [Errno 13] Permission denied: When the reboot fixed this, the problem is the ".gvfs" virtual filesystem - the reboot got rid of it (I guess it will be automatically mounted again when you do something with you bookmarks). This virtual filesystem can not even be accessed as root, that's why you get the error above. Add --exclude-other-filesystems to the command line to skip those virtual filesystems, the contents are not meant to be backed up, anyway. Jakob _______________________________________________ rdiff-backup-users mailing list at rdiff-backup-users@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users Wiki URL: http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki