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

[Mike Bydalek]

Hello.

I just started playing around with rdiff-backup 1.0.1 and came across a 
problem with the --create-full-path option.

Basically, I'm initiating all my backups from the clients (for security 
reasons), and therefore am connecting to the backup server as a standard 
user.   Below is what I am running, and what I get:

$ rdiff-backup --create-full-path /home/mbydalek/bleh/ 
address@hidden::home/mbydalek/bleh
Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "/usr/bin/rdiff-backup", line 23, in ?
   rdiff_backup.Main.Main(sys.argv[1:])
 File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 
283, in Main
   take_action(rps)
 File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 
253, in take_action
   elif action == "backup": Backup(rps[0], rps[1])
 File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 
292, in Backup
   backup_check_dirs(rpin, rpout)
 File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 
332, in backup_check_dirs
   if create_full_path: rpout.makedirs()
 File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 
801, in makedirs
   self.conn.os.makedirs(self.path)
 File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", 
line 445, in __call__
   return apply(self.connection.reval, (self.name,) + args)
 File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", 
line 367, in reval
   if isinstance(result, Exception): raise result
rdiff_backup.Security.Violation:
Warning Security Violation!
Bad request for function: os.makedirs
with arguments: ['home/mbydalek/bleh']

It seems like it doesn't want to create the subdirectories due to a 
Security Violation.  Since I am running as a non-privileged user on the 
backup server, is that causing the problems?  If not, what could it be?

Thanks,
Mike