Re: [rdiff-backup-users] os.makedirs Security Violation

[Mike Bydalek]

Keith Edmunds wrote:
> Mike Bydalek wrote:
> > That's just the thing, the permissions on the backup server are all 
> > set correctly.  The problem isn't with permissions at all because 
> > even I login as address@hidden, I still get the Security Violation 
> > error.
>
> If you login interactively can you then exectute 'mkdir -p 
> home/mbydalek/bleh'?
Yes, I can do this with no problem, especially when I login as root ;)  
Sorry, I meant to include this in my other e-mail, but assumed it would 
be inferred when I was able to login as root.
> > It just seems like this option is broken.  If I try running 
> > rdiff-backup on my client as root and connect to the backup server as 
> > root, I get the same error.
>
> Please try it without rdiff-backup (as above). I use this option on a 
> number of servers every night, so whilst it may not be bug-free, it 
> isn't completely broken.

I suppose I *could* do a mkdir -p, but it just seems redundant to do.  
Sure, it's no problem to check if the directory exists and create it, 
but still, the man page says it should work =P

-Mike