Resolved, thank you to everyone who replied. > What transport protocol are you using? > Can you reproduce this when the file is moved elsewhere?
These pointed me in the right direction, thanks - I copied the folder to a new location and all the files were backed up as root:root. Having a further look around this and other backups it appeared that anything with a ctime after we upgraded from BackupPC v3 to v4 a while back wasn't getting the correct ownership. Anything with a ctime before the upgrade was fine, even if the contents/mtime was updated afterwards. It looks like the rsync arguments we used on v3 did not include --super for some reason, which is required for --owner to work. I think we let BackupPC upgrade our config file but we don't have the upgrade logs any longer to confirm. It looks like it was never added to the command for v4 so rsync has been unable to transfer ownership info for new files. I'm not sure how it worked on v3 but I'm just glad it's working now we've added --super into the arguments. Initial full-server restore tests after the upgrade worked fine as all the service files existed pre-upgrade and kept the correct ownership. It's taken a while for a new file to be involved enough in booting/service startup to flag up the issue. Thanks, David ________________________________ The Networking People (TNP) Limited. Registered office: Network House, Caton Rd, Lancaster, LA1 3PE. Registered in England & Wales with company number: 07667393 This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. If you are not the intended recipient you are notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
