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Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup error: Mac OS X -> Linux
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Andrew Ferguson |
Subject: |
Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup error: Mac OS X -> Linux |
Date: |
Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:10:29 -0500 |
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Corey Puffalt wrote:
> On Wed, 7 Feb 2007, Corey Puffalt wrote:
>
> >> Exception '[Errno 13] Permission denied:
> >> >
> >>
> '/mnt/backup/ibookbackups/private/var/db/Spotlight-V100/%2FVolumes%2Fftpmirror.sectoor.de''
>
> >> > raised of class 'exceptions.OSError':
Corey,
Did you run rdiff-backup as root? The permissions on that directory are:
drw------- 4 root wheel 136B Feb 21 18:49 Spotlight-V100
If you don't run rdiff-backup as root, you cannot backup that directory
(no backup program can!). I just ran:
sudo rdiff-backup Spotlight-V100 Spotlight-V100.backup
and it worked perfectly. I think if you run rdiff-backup as root you
won't run into any problems.
Chris, rdiff-backup will adjust permissions as necessary (eg, adding 100
to Spotlight-V100 during backup), but you have to be the file's owner to
do so (or root).
Cheers,
Andrew
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Andrew Ferguson - address@hidden
- [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup error: Mac OS X -> Linux, Yeroc, 2007/02/05
- Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup error: Mac OS X -> Linux, Chris Wilson, 2007/02/06
- Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup error: Mac OS X -> Linux, Corey Puffalt, 2007/02/08
- Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup error: Mac OS X -> Linux, Chris Wilson, 2007/02/08
- Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup error: Mac OS X -> Linux, Corey Puffalt, 2007/02/11
- Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup error: Mac OS X -> Linux, Chris Wilson, 2007/02/12
- Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup error: Mac OS X -> Linux,
Andrew Ferguson <=
- Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup error: Mac OS X -> Linux, Corey Puffalt, 2007/02/27
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- Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup error: Mac OS X -> Linux, Corey Puffalt, 2007/02/27
- Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup error: Mac OS X -> Linux, Andrew Ferguson, 2007/02/28