Yes, the OS of the central backup server is Ubuntu 10.04. For the error messages... There is no error message generated for the first run. It runs all the way through the backup with no error message.
For the second run, I have posted the complete output of verbosity=5 below. I could be completely wrong but I don't there is any information in the output that can help though. The really relevant part is that rdiff-backup is slitting its own throat by removing permissions on that target folder. If anybody has any idea why it would be touching that folder (aside from putting the backup in it), then let me know. Just for clarity, the root of the target folder is: /mnt/usb1/backup/rdiffbackup/win7_c_home Here is the output from the second run: ------------------------------------- Using rdiff-backup version 1.2.8 Executing ssh -C win7-rbackup rdiff-backup --server Unable to import module xattr. Extended attributes not supported on filesystem at / Unable to import module posix1e from pylibacl package. POSIX ACLs not supported on filesystem at / Unable to import win32security module. Windows ACLs not supported by filesystem at / escape_dos_devices not required by filesystem at / ----------------------------------------------------------------- Detected abilities for source (read only) file system: Access control lists Off Extended attributes Off Windows access control lists Off Case sensitivity Off Escape DOS devices Off Escape trailing spaces Off Mac OS X style resource forks Off Mac OS X Finder information Off ----------------------------------------------------------------- Extended attributes not supported by filesystem at /mnt/usb1/backup/rdiffbackup/win7_c_home/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0 POSIX ACLs not supported by filesystem at /mnt/usb1/backup/rdiffbackup/win7_c_home/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0 Unable to import win32security module. Windows ACLs not supported by filesystem at /mnt/usb1/backup/rdiffbackup/win7_c_home/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0 escape_dos_devices not required by filesystem at /mnt/usb1/backup/rdiffbackup/win7_c_home/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Detected abilities for destination (read/write) file system: Ownership changing Off Hard linking On fsync() directories On Directory inc permissions On High-bit permissions On Symlink permissions Off Extended filenames On Windows reserved filenames Off Access control lists Off Extended attributes Off Windows access control lists Off Case sensitivity On Escape DOS devices Off Escape trailing spaces Off Mac OS X style resource forks Off Mac OS X Finder information Off ----------------------------------------------------------------- Backup: must_escape_dos_devices = 0 Reading globbing filelist /home/rbackup/dev/backup/rdiffinclude_win7_c_home.txt Starting increment operation / to /mnt/usb1/backup/rdiffbackup/win7_c_home Processing changed file . Incrementing mirror file /mnt/usb1/backup/rdiffbackup/win7_c_home Processing changed file cygdrive Incrementing mirror file /mnt/usb1/backup/rdiffbackup/win7_c_home/cygdrive Exception '[Errno 13] Permission denied: '/mnt/usb1/backup/rdiffbackup/win7_c_home/rdiff-backup-data/mirror_metadata.2014-05-23T23:47:46-05:00.snapshot.gz'' raised of class '<type 'exceptions.OSError'>': File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 304, in error_check_Main try: Main(arglist) File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 324, in Main take_action(rps) File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 280, in take_action elif action == "backup": Backup(rps[0], rps[1]) File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 343, in Backup backup.Mirror_and_increment(rpin, rpout, incdir) File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/rdiff_backup/backup.py", line 51, in Mirror_and_increment DestS.patch_and_increment(dest_rpath, source_diffiter, inc_rpath) File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/rdiff_backup/backup.py", line 245, in patch_and_increment cls.CCPP.close() File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/rdiff_backup/backup.py", line 490, in close self.metawriter.close() File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/rdiff_backup/metadata.py", line 421, in close self.rp.fsync_with_dir() File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 1314, in fsync_with_dir self.fsync(fp) File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 1276, in fsync if not fp: self.conn.rpath.RPath.fsync_local(self) File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 1303, in fsync_local self.setdata() File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 908, in setdata self.data = self.conn.rpath.make_file_dict(self.path) File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 287, in make_file_dict return C.make_file_dict(filename) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/rdiff-backup", line 30, in <module> rdiff_backup.Main.error_check_Main(sys.argv[1:]) File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 304, in error_check_Main try: Main(arglist) File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 324, in Main take_action(rps) File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 280, in take_action elif action == "backup": Backup(rps[0], rps[1]) File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 343, in Backup backup.Mirror_and_increment(rpin, rpout, incdir) File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/rdiff_backup/backup.py", line 51, in Mirror_and_increment DestS.patch_and_increment(dest_rpath, source_diffiter, inc_rpath) File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/rdiff_backup/backup.py", line 245, in patch_and_increment cls.CCPP.close() File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/rdiff_backup/backup.py", line 490, in close self.metawriter.close() File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/rdiff_backup/metadata.py", line 421, in close self.rp.fsync_with_dir() File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 1314, in fsync_with_dir self.fsync(fp) File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 1276, in fsync if not fp: self.conn.rpath.RPath.fsync_local(self) File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 1303, in fsync_local self.setdata() File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 908, in setdata self.data = self.conn.rpath.make_file_dict(self.path) File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 287, in make_file_dict return C.make_file_dict(filename) OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/mnt/usb1/backup/rdiffbackup/win7_c_home/rdiff-backup-data/mirror_metadata.2014-05-23T23:47:46-05:00.snapshot.gz' +---------------------------------------------------------------------- |This was sent by wdoe...@yahoo.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