Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Windows Directory Permissions

[Andrew Ferguson]

On Mar 7, 2009, at 12:44 AM, tkeene wrote:
> I'm using the latest rdiff-backup (1.3.2) in cygwin to backup one  
> ntfs folder onto another ntfs drive. The backup and incrementing  
> works great. But when it's done backing up the folder is no longer  
> accessible to me (Windows won't let me open it). If I then run rdiff- 
> backup with the --delete-older-than option on that folder it returns  
> an error, saying I can't do that because the folder does not look  
> like an rdiff folder.

Interesting. Does 1.2.7 behave the same way? Or only 1.3.2?

What happens if you use --no-acls ?

What are the permissions on the source folder? (The cacls command will  
tell you; if you're using Vista, you'll need to use icacls instead.)

> I did some digging and it looks like rdiff-backup changes the  
> permissions of the folder each time it increments, setting the  
> folder to read-only and giving its owner no permissions on it, not  
> even read permissions.

Where did you see that?


thanks,
Andrew