Re: [rdiff-backup-users] os.makedirs Security Violation

[Keith Edmunds]

Mike Bydalek wrote:
> That's just the thing, the permissions on the backup server are all set 
> correctly.  The problem isn't with permissions at all because even I 
> login as address@hidden, I still get the Security Violation error.

If you login interactively can you then exectute 'mkdir -p 
home/mbydalek/bleh'?

> It just seems like this option is broken.  If I try running rdiff-backup 
> on my client as root and connect to the backup server as root, I get the 
> same error.

Please try it without rdiff-backup (as above). I use this option on a 
number of servers every night, so whilst it may not be bug-free, it 
isn't completely broken.

> Any other ideas for me to try?  Also, where would I submit a bug report 
> if this is a bug?

Yes: try the interactive command as the user that runs rdiff-backup on 
the server. If it fails then please post the full output here. Bug 
reports can be made at the rdiff-backup homepage, but seeing as I wrote 
that particular option I'm happy to discuss it here.

> I'm not really familiar with Python too much, so is there a setting or 
> something that's preventing this from running in a global config somewhere?

Unlikely.

Keith