Thanks for the reply Dominic, "1: Does the backup which causes the problem come from a source which already has a subdirectory called 'rdiff-backup-data'? This is a special-purpose directory for rdiff-backup so there might be problems if it already exists on the source."
There is no rdiff-backup-data folder (or any folder with 'rdiff' in it's name) in the source directory. "2: Are both backup destination locations on the same filesystem?" Yes, the two backup destinations share a parent folder. "3: For the backup giving the error message, does the user on the destination machine have full permissions to create/modify any files/directories at the destination location?" Yes, the account has the correct permissions for the destination. I have also run rdiff-backup -l on the folder while logged in as root on the destination machine and it gives the same error, if running it as root would matter. The backup itself actually runs as root from the source machine via the ssh config file and a 'command="rdiff-backup ..." setup on the destination, so permissions should never be an issue for writing the files. The files themselves still have the source ownership/privileges of course. -Matt +---------------------------------------------------------------------- |This was sent by mmostel...@shinesystech.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +---------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ rdiff-backup-users mailing list at rdiff-backup-users@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users Wiki URL: http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki
