Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Re: Permission denied on file in backup repository

[Andrew Ferguson]

On Jun 11, 2008, at 10:10 PM, Oliver Hookins wrote:
> Maybe I've confused you a little. Here is the file on the source:
>
> address@hidden ~]# ls -la /usr/bin/sudoedit
> ---s--x--x 2 root root 164536 Mar  6 22:23 /usr/bin/sudoedit
>
> Here is the file on the destination:
> address@hidden ~]$ ls -la server/usr/bin/sudoedit
> ---s--x--x 1 backup backup 164536 Mar  6 22:23 server/usr/bin/sudoedit
>
> Because this is a standard user, it can't even read the file that it  
> backed
> up earlier. If we only stored the unix permissions in meta-data this
> wouldn't be a problem.

Ok, I just checked with the CVS version. That situation does not cause  
a problem for rdiff-backup anymore.


Andrew