Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup error: Mac OS X -> Linux

[Chris Wilson]

Hi Corey,

On Mon, 5 Feb 2007, Yeroc wrote:

> I just tried backing up my iBook (OS X v10.4.8) to a Linux (RHEL4) file
> server.  Although I've done this successfully in the past this time I got
> the following errors:

Have you done it just once before to this location?

> Exception '[Errno 13] Permission denied:
> '/mnt/backup/ibookbackups/private/var/db/Spotlight-V100/%2FVolumes%2Fftpmirror.sectoor.de''
> raised of class 'exceptions.OSError':

What are the permissions on that directory? rdiff-backup has some problems 
with directories with weird permissions like d--x------, because it 
mirrors those permissions in the repository, and then finds that it can't 
access the directory on the next run.

> So it seems the "Fatal Error: Lost connection to the remote system" 
> message is a bit of a red herring.  At this point I have no idea how to 
> resolve this issue.

That was the error on the local side, the trace above was the error 
reported by the remote side before it died. So yes, it is a red herring. 
Try --check-destination-dir on the repository to fix it.

Cheers, Chris.
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