Comment 4 for bug 725083

Yes, this is being run as non-root. (And thanks...)

On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 1:17 PM, Andreas Olsson <email address hidden> wrote:

> I can confirm this error. I assume your backup is being run as a non-
> root user?
>
> It would appear as if rdiff-backup is trying to read/list directories
> before applying the --exclude rules.
>
> andreas@stilgar:~/temp$ mkdir -p from/alpha/beta/gamma
> andreas@stilgar:~/temp$ sudo chown root:root from/alpha/beta/gamma/
> andreas@stilgar:~/temp$ sudo chmod 700 from/alpha/beta/gamma/
> andreas@stilgar:~/temp$ mkdir to
> andreas@stilgar:~/temp$ rdiff-backup --exclude '**/alpha' from/ to/
> ListError alpha/beta/gamma [Errno 13] Permission denied:
> 'from/alpha/beta/gamma'
> andreas@stilgar:~/temp$ rm -rf to/*
> andreas@stilgar:~/temp$ strace rdiff-backup --exclude '**/alpha' from/ to/
> 2>&1 | grep gamma
> lstat("from/alpha/beta/gamma", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0700, st_size=40, ...}) = 0
> open("from/alpha/beta/gamma", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_DIRECTORY|O_CLOEXEC) =
> -1 EACCES (Permission denied)
> write(2, "ListError alpha/beta/gamma [Errn"..., 81ListError
> alpha/beta/gamma [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'from/alpha/beta/gamma'
> andreas@stilgar:~/temp$
>
>