On 2/6/07, Chris Wilson <address@hidden> wrote:
Have you done it just once before to this location?
I have backed up the laptop to this location about three times before.
> 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.
The permissions on the backup side don't look problematic:
drwx------ 2 corey corey 4096 Jun 27 2006 %2FVolumes%2Fftpmirror.sectoor.de
On my laptop the permissions look slightly different (could it be the x bit is the problem?):
drw------- 2 root wheel 68 Jun 27 2006 %2FVolumes%2Fftpmirror.sectoor.de
Is the issue with permissions a known issue that is being worked on or should I create a bug report?
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.
Thanks for that tip. I will try that. This does cause me quite a bit of concern over the stability of rdiff-backup.
Corey