Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Write-once read-many problem

[dean gaudet]

On Wed, 20 Jul 2005, Sheldon Hearn wrote:

> If we're not root on the server during a restore operation, we try to 
> change permissions to ensure readability?  Either we can read an object 
> or we can't.  If we can't, it's _highly_ unlikely that we'll be able to 
> change permissions on it anyway.

only root can read mode 0 files ... this code exists so that if you're 
non-root you can backup and restore mode 0 files which you own... but it 
is kind of unfortunate, isn't it?


> So I'll just carry this patch on my central server (it's not required on 
> restore clients), and we can all pretend this didn't happen until the 
> next person tries to use rdiff-backup to restore from a read-only 
> location. :-)

i'm tempted to change it so that a command line option is required to 
enable the mode futzing... by default i'd really prefer backup and restore 
sources be completely read-only.

-dean