Re: [rdiff-backup-users] No Permission IOError

[Andrew Ferguson]

On Mar 6, 2009, at 5:18 PM, Dean Cording wrote:
> I'm running rdiff-backup to backup my Linux machine to another via a  
> NFS mount.
>
> A program I use creates a couple of lock files with no permissions:
>
> ----------  2 dean dean     0 2009-03-07 09:01 Succurro Accounts. 
> 7f0100.15504.LNK
> ----------  2 dean dean     0 2009-03-07 09:01 Succurro Accounts.LCK
>
> rdiff-backup backs these up OK but when it comes to do the next  
> backup it fails with:
>
> Exception '[Errno 13] Permission denied: '/mnt/backup/holly/data/ 
> Work/Succurro/Finances/Succurro Accounts.7f0100.15504.LNK'' raised  
> of class '<type 'exceptions.IOError'>':

Dean,

Give version 1.3.2 a try. There is a new feature in the 1.3.x branch  
designed for exactly this situation.

Also, you will notice a network speed-up if you install rdiff-backup  
on the destination and run the backup over SSH (the default setup)  
instead of over NFS. Rdiff-backup uses the rsync algorithm to minimize  
network transmissions.


Andrew