Re: [rdiff-backup-users] UpdateError <filename> File changed from regular file before signature

[Erik Forsberg]

Ben Escoto <address@hidden> writes:

> > UpdateError thin/ctc/doc/external/images/vnc-tl-arch.png File changed from 
> > regular file before signature
> > 
> > What does this message mean? The file looks quite normal to me:
> 
> This seems to indicate some corruption in the destination directory.
> rdiff-backup tries to back the file up, notices that it is gone in the
> mirror directory, and raises an error (which keeps the status quo).  I
> can't tell why it is missing to begin with.  Perhaps something besides
> rdiff-backup deleted it?

I don't think so - rdiff-backup is run as root on the destination
side, and rdiff-backup is basically the only program that are allowed
to write to the destination directory.

What can I do to fix this? What happends if I simply copy the files
into the destination directory (of course that will break the rule
that one should never write to the destination directory with another
tool than rdiff-backup)?

\EF
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