Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup error: Mac OS X -> Linux

[Chris Wilson]

Hi Andrew,

On Tue, 27 Feb 2007, Andrew Ferguson wrote:

>  Chris, rdiff-backup will adjust permissions as necessary (eg, adding 100 to 
>  Spotlight-V100 during backup), but you have to be the file's owner to do so 
>  (or root).

Sorry for the late reply. Do you happen to know where it does that, and since 
what version? I've run into this problem when backing up directories with weird 
permissions using 1.0.4 and 1.0.5.

Also, rdiff-backup shouldn't need any special permissions to alter the 
permissions of the directories _which it creates and owns_ in the mirror. It 
just needs to be careful to ensure that they are created with sane permissions.

Cheers, Chris.
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