Re: [rdiff-backup-users] [PATCH] importing user_group in a native windows environment

[Andrew Ferguson]

On Jun 27, 2008, at 3:59 AM, Fred Gansevles wrote:

> After applying Josh Nisly's patches to use rdiff-backup on windows  
> without using cygwin, importing the user_group module raises an  
> ImportError.
> Since the grp and pwd modules, which user_group uses,  are not  
> available in a native windows environment, running rdiff-backup will  
> fail.
> The user_group module is not needed when using the win_acls  
> extension, because the user and group information of files is stored  
> in the win_acl (in fact, the SecurityDescriptor is stored,  
> containing the Owner, Group and ACLs)
> So to be able to use rdiff-backup, the attached patch must be appied.
>
> Fred Gansevles
> address@hidden

Hi Fred,

I have added this patch to CVS, thanks.

Also, I assume you wanted to patch the uname2uid() and gname2gid()  
functions as well? They are in the same file and also make class to  
pwd.getpwnam() and grp.getgrnam() .... I simply added NameError to the  
list of caught exceptions in those try blocks as well.


Josh, does Fred's patch look good to you from a Windows perspective?  
He took a slightly different approach than you did when you first  
looked into patching this issue.


thanks,
Andrew