Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Why do I see a huge variation in the time rdiff-backup takes?

[Robert Nichols]

On 03/31/2015 05:42 PM, Adrian Klaver wrote:
> http://www.nongnu.org/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1.html
>
> --preserve-numerical-ids
>                If  set,  rdiff-backup will preserve uids/gids instead of
> trying
>                to preserve unames and gnames.  See the USERS AND GROUPS
> section
>                for more information.
>
> I would also read the USERS AND GROUPS section for the caveats and other
> ways to deal with this.

Better test that first. I believe that the original Uname is still
recorded in the mirror_metadata files, and any difference would
be treated as a change. Mapping of UIDs vs. Unames would affect
the actual ownership of the files in the mirror and increments
directories and the ownership of restored files.

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