[rdiff-backup-users] running rdiff-backup with user different than root (not all problems fixed in 0.12.4)

[Arkadiusz Miskiewicz]

There is more problems with running rdiff-backup on different user than root. 
backup works but check-destination-dir does not (backup failed when I had 
broken python without os.fsync()).

su - backups -c "/usr/bin/rdiff-backup --check-destination-dir 
/home/services/rdiff-backup/gucio/home"


Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/rdiff-backup", line 23, in ?
    rdiff_backup.Main.Main(sys.argv[1:])
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 246, in 
Main
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 228, in 
take_action
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 604, in 
CheckDest
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/regress.py", line 69, in 
Regress
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rorpiter.py", line 279, 
in __call__
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/regress.py", line 214, 
in fast_process
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/regress.py", line 236, 
in restore_orig_regfile
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/restore.py", line 423, 
in get_restore_fp
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/restore.py", line 438, 
in get_first_fp
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 802, in 
open
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 
'/home/services/rdiff-backup/gucio/home/virtualki/4678/wc2002/skl/areek.mai'
address@hidden root]# ls -l 
/home/services/rdiff-backup/gucio/home/virtualki/4678/wc2002/skl/areek.mai
--w--wx-w-    1 backups  backups        82 2003-07-10 12:00 
/home/services/rdiff-backup/gucio/home/virtualki/4678/wc2002/skl/areek.mai

It's Linux with python 2.3.1.
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Arkadiusz Miśkiewicz    CS at FoE, Wroclaw University of Technology
arekm.pld-linux.org AM2-6BONE, 1024/3DB19BBD, arekm(at)ircnet, PLD/Linux