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Re: [rdiff-backup-users] bug?: uid of symlinks restored incorrectly
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Raimund Specht |
Subject: |
Re: [rdiff-backup-users] bug?: uid of symlinks restored incorrectly |
Date: |
Sat, 06 Aug 2005 11:19:32 +0200 |
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Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (X11/20050724) |
Hi !
Keith Edmunds wrote:
> I suppose that, technically, it could be considered a bug. However, the
> actual permissions of a symlink are inherited from the target file, so it
> will make little difference in real life. Do you have something that
> explicitly relies upon the owner/group of symlinks (eg, a find(1) script
> or similar)?
Yes:
I recently moved my Linux laptop to a bigger harddisk. After the restore,
Firefox refused to start because ~/.mozilla/firefox/6x154dtw.default/lock
"is owner by another user than you" - this is a symlink that was owned by
root:root :-(
By(e): Raimund.
- Re: [rdiff-backup-users] bug?: uid of symlinks restored incorrectly,
Raimund Specht <=