On 07/15/13 07:58, Chris Brooks wrote: > I've created a cache directory in the default /usr/local/tarsnap-cache > location, > but I'm getting the "can't sanitize permissions" error message. > > Looking at the tarsnap source, it looks like tarsnap is trying to set the > permissions such that only the owner can use this directory. (Right?) Since > the > user I'm logged in as isn't the owner of this directory, that isn't working > for me. > > What is the expectation for how the cache directory will be setup? Should I > create a cache directory in my home directory and use that instead? But what > happens if I want to use tarsnap under a different username later? (For > instance > from a cron job.) Does each user need it's own cache directory?
You need one cache directory per tarsnap key file. Usually this means one cache directory per system, since most people only have one tarsnap key file which is used for all the backups from a particular box. -- Colin Percival Security Officer Emeritus, FreeBSD | The power to serve Founder, Tarsnap | www.tarsnap.com | Online backups for the truly paranoid
