Exec permissions in directories means "listing". -- Mauro Ciancio
On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 4:53 AM, Sven Richter <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > thank you very much, I had read permissions set, but not the > executable permissions, which seem to be needed too. > > Thanks, > Sven > > On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 8:46 PM, Mauro Ciancio <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi, I think those few bytes are the metadata that Tarsnap store about the > > archive itself. > > I guess that nothing got backuped up but the metadata. > > > > You should check the read and list permissions. > > > > -- > > Mauro Ciancio > > > > On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 4:34 PM, Sven Richter <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> I am trying to backup something and get this log message: > >> > >> tarsnap: Removing leading '/' from member names > >> tarsnap: /postgres: Couldn't visit directory: Permission denied > >> Total size Compressed size > >> All archives 7661631169 5593218938 > >> (unique data) 5051231842 3768611408 > >> This archive 2006 1425 > >> New data 2006 1425 > >> tarsnap: Error exit delayed from previous errors. > >> > >> > >> I wonder what this exactly means. I would assume it cannot read the > >> folder and therefore does not backup anything, however, it seems like > >> it does do a backup of some data. But of which? How do I check > >> everything works or works not as expected. > >> This is a bit confusing. > >> > >> Best Regards, > >> Sven > > > > >
