[rdiff-backup-users] option to not chmod() on destination at all

[Carl Chenet]

Hi,

Version: 1.2.8

diff-backup has the ability to store metadata separately, e.g. in
case the destination filesystem does not support metadata or the
user does not have permission to chown() etc.

However, it also still chown()'s and chmod()'s if it can.

It would be nice if there was an option to prevent any sort of
metdata storage on the destination filesystem (and files would only
be created according to the umask).

The reason is that I have a few files and directories with 0000
permissions and those create errors on the destination, when storing
the backups themselves to tape.

It seems a bit counterproductive to store metadata externally but
also insist on using chmod() if possible.

Wish by: martin f krafft <address@hidden>
Wish: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=536750

Bye,
-- 
Carl Chenet