Following your posting, I have tested the behaviour of our system
backing up read-only folders and files with rdiff-backup, and it works
correctly, even when the read-only files change. We are backing up from
Windows machines but to a Linux server (using TimeDicer as wrapper for
rdiff-backup), I suspect this is where your problem lies.
So a possible solution is to move your backup repository to a Linux
server, this could even be a VM hosted on your Windows machine.
Dominic
On 29/11/2010 10:04, D. Kriesel wrote:
Anybody here?
The list seems to be a bit quiet. If this is the
wrong place for this report, someone please tell me the correct one
I feel I did not provide enough information to get rid of the below
bug. So, here you go:
1.I am using rdiff 1.3.3 for a local backup on a windows server 2003
32bit machine.
2.I am using the windows release that can be downloaded on
rdiff-backup.nongnu.org as rdiff-backup-1.3.3-win32.zip.
3.My rdiff call is: rdiff-backup --force --no-acls --no-hard-links
--print-statistics --include "D:\\/home" --include "D:\\/profile"
--exclude "D:\\/share/ElRv-Daten" --include "D:\\/share" --exclude
"D:\\/**" D:\/ D:\/rd/data
4."Zugriff verweigert" in the below message is german for "permission
denied". When checking the folders, I found that the ACL entries are
okay, but the read-only flag on the "Eigene Bilder" folder was set.
So all in all, *it**seems to me that rdiff cannot remove this flag
from folders*. Below linked you find a similar problem with files.
Next, *windows**prevents rdiff from deleting a folder that is still
marked "read-only"*. Consecuently, Rdiff crashes.
To support my concern, I can tell you that you find quite a number of
„read only folders“ on windows systems, because that windows itself
uses the read only flag on folders differently than on files: see
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/256614 . Additionally, the attribute
setting for folders may be handled different (for example, you can’t
remove read only attribute on folders just using the explorer).
Any help is appreciated, really... I like rdiff and don’t want to
chance the backup system (again)...
Cheers,
David
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Auftrag von D. Kriesel
Gesendet: Sonntag, 28. November 2010 01:52
An: Lista rdiff-backup
Betreff: [rdiff-backup-users] Rdiff backup still chokes if read-only
files are
found at target
Hi guys,
I have rdiff crashing when read-only files are in the rdiff
repository. It
gives the following Exceptions:
Exception '[Error 5] Zugriff verweigert: 'D:\\/rd/data/home/kwasny/Eigene
Dateie
n/Eigene Bilder'' raised of class '<type 'exceptions.WindowsError'>':
File "rdiff_backup\Main.pyc", line 306, in error_check_Main
File "rdiff_backup\Main.pyc", line 326, in Main
File "rdiff_backup\Main.pyc", line 282, in take_action
File "rdiff_backup\Main.pyc", line 345, in Backup
File "rdiff_backup\backup.pyc", line 51, in Mirror_and_increment
File "rdiff_backup\backup.pyc", line 251, in patch_and_increment
File "rdiff_backup\rorpiter.pyc", line 277, in __call__
File "rdiff_backup\rorpiter.pyc", line 229, in finish_branches
File "rdiff_backup\backup.pyc", line 676, in end_process
File "rdiff_backup\rpath.pyc", line 993, in rmdir
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "rdiff-backup", line 30, in <module>
File "rdiff_backup\Main.pyc", line 306, in error_check_Main
File "rdiff_backup\Main.pyc", line 326, in Main
File "rdiff_backup\Main.pyc", line 282, in take_action
File "rdiff_backup\Main.pyc", line 345, in Backup
File "rdiff_backup\backup.pyc", line 51, in Mirror_and_increment
File "rdiff_backup\backup.pyc", line 251, in patch_and_increment
File "rdiff_backup\rorpiter.pyc", line 277, in __call__
File "rdiff_backup\rorpiter.pyc", line 229, in finish_branches
File "rdiff_backup\backup.pyc", line 676, in end_process
File "rdiff_backup\rpath.pyc", line 993, in rmdir
WindowsError: [Error 5] Zugriff verweigert:
'D:\\/rd/data/home/kwasny/Eigene
Dat
eien/Eigene Bilder'
Sounds similar to me like the old read-only file issue.
http://www.mail-archive.com/rdiff-backup-
<http://www.mail-archive.com/rdiff-backup-users < at > nongnu.org/msg03549.html>
users < at > nongnu.org/msg03549.html
<http://www.mail-archive.com/rdiff-backup-users < at > nongnu.org/msg03549.html>
Any advice?
Cheers,
David
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