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

[Oliver Hookins]

On Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 23:05:15 -0400, Andrew Ferguson wrote:
>
> 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.

Great, I'll try it out. What is the new behaviour that prevents the
situation from being a problem?

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Regards,
Oliver Hookins
Anchor Systems