[rdiff-backup-users] windows backup to samba server

[Per Nelvig]

I have successfully been using rdiff-backup for backing up a windows
directory to a samba share on a linux box for more than a year. Since a
month or so the backup does not work. It seems that for some reason one of
the temporary files (high_perms_file) on the samba share is created with the
permissions set to 0544 which means it's not readable for anyone. The other
files in that directory gets the permissions set to 0744.
When the problem occured I upgraded to version 1.3.3 on the windows box but
it did not make any difference.
Please see the log from windows:

C:\>rdiff-backup.exe -v5 --print-statistics C:\UNI_BAS
\\Baspc\diverse\UNI_BAS
Using rdiff-backup version 1.3.3
Found interrupted initial backup. Removing...
Hardlinks disabled by default on Windows
Unable to import module xattr.
Extended attributes not supported on filesystem at C:\UNI_BAS
Unable to import module posix1e from pylibacl package.
POSIX ACLs not supported on filesystem at C:\UNI_BAS
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Detected abilities for source (read only) file system:
  Access control lists                         Off
  Extended attributes                          Off
  Windows access control lists                 On
  Case sensitivity                             Off
  Escape DOS devices                           On
  Escape trailing spaces                       On
  Mac OS X style resource forks                Off
  Mac OS X Finder information                  Off
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Directories on file system at
\\Baspc\diverse\UNI_BAS/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-ba
ckup.tmp.8 are not fsyncable.
Assuming it's unnecessary.
Unable to import module xattr.
Extended attributes not supported on filesystem at
\\Baspc\diverse\UNI_BAS/rdiff
-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.8
Unable to import module posix1e from pylibacl package.
POSIX ACLs not supported on filesystem at
\\Baspc\diverse\UNI_BAS/rdiff-backup-d
ata/rdiff-backup.tmp.8
Exception '[Error 5] Access denied:
'\\\\Baspc\\diverse\\UNI_BAS/rdiff-backup-da
ta/rdiff-backup.tmp.8/high_perms_file'' raised of class '<type
'exceptions.Windo
wsError'>':
  File "rdiff_backup\Main.pyc", line 306, in error_check_Main
  File "rdiff_backup\Main.pyc", line 326, in Main
  File "rdiff_backup\Main.pyc", line 282, in take_action
  File "rdiff_backup\Main.pyc", line 336, in Backup
  File "rdiff_backup\fs_abilities.pyc", line 959, in backup_set_globals
  File "rdiff_backup\fs_abilities.pyc", line 166, in init_readwrite
  File "rdiff_backup\fs_abilities.pyc", line 538, in
set_high_perms_readwrite
  File "rdiff_backup\rpath.pyc", line 1077, in delete
  File "rdiff_backup\rpath.pyc", line 927, in chmod

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "rdiff-backup", line 30, in <module>
  File "rdiff_backup\Main.pyc", line 306, in error_check_Main
  File "rdiff_backup\Main.pyc", line 326, in Main
  File "rdiff_backup\Main.pyc", line 282, in take_action
  File "rdiff_backup\Main.pyc", line 336, in Backup
  File "rdiff_backup\fs_abilities.pyc", line 959, in backup_set_globals
  File "rdiff_backup\fs_abilities.pyc", line 166, in init_readwrite
  File "rdiff_backup\fs_abilities.pyc", line 538, in
set_high_perms_readwrite
  File "rdiff_backup\rpath.pyc", line 1077, in delete
  File "rdiff_backup\rpath.pyc", line 927, in chmod
WindowsError: [Error 5] Access denied:
'\\\\Baspc\\diverse\\UNI_BAS/rdiff-backup
-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.8/high_perms_file'

The only changes I'm aware of is that I upgraded the network to Gbit
capacity and that the samba server might have been upgraded automatically at
the point in time when these problems occured.
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