Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup - ACL troubles!

[Murali Vadivelu]

Dear Ben,

Does it use the Mac OS X specific command /usr/sbin/fsaclctl command?  
If that is the case it would fail as the OS probably stores the ACL  
enabled status at the root of the volume.

I tested it with python and manually and it works with all the  
folders/ files within the ACL enabled volumes as expected! Given  
this, I do not understand why rdiff-backup should bail out as it is  
python based and uses pylibacl.

With many thanks.

Best regards,
Murali.


On 31 Oct 2005, at 02:21 am, Ben Escoto wrote:

> > > > > > Murali Vadivelu <address@hidden>
> > > > > > wrote the following on Sun, 30 Oct 2005 17:16:18 +0000
> > Could this be the cause? - Is rdiff-backup testing for acl ability
> > at the source and destination directory instead of the respective
> > volume root?
>
>
> > > Sun Oct 30 16:10:09 2005  ACLs not supported by filesystem at / 
> > > Users/
> > > muralikv/Desktop
>
> Yes, if you are trying to back up /Users/muralikv/Desktop it will test
> that very directory.  If that test fails and you say --never-drop-acls
> then it just exits with a fatal error.
>
>
> --
> Ben Escoto