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Re: [rdiff-backup-users] attribute strangeness with destimation
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Andrew Ferguson |
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Re: [rdiff-backup-users] attribute strangeness with destimation |
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Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:08:51 -0400 |
On Jul 31, 2008, at 10:03 AM, John covici wrote:
Hi. I have a system which I want to back up to a Linux ext-3 file
system. Now what is strange is that for the destination file system,
Now my question is why does it say Simlink permissions off? I am
running as root, so what is going on.
Linux systems do not have permissions for symlinks, only user and
group owners. They are always 777 on Linux.
BSD systems, by contrast, can have permissions, as set by the umask.
Andrew