Re: rsync trying to load rdiff-backup

From	David <bouncingcats@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: rsync trying to load rdiff-backup
Date	2022-05-09 03:10 +0200
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On Mon, 9 May 2022 at 10:53, AC <debusersQ743@acarver.net> wrote:
> On 2022-05-08 16:45, David wrote:
> > On Mon, 9 May 2022 at 07:24, AC <debusersQ743@acarver.net> wrote:

> Now here's a new discovery on the machines having problems: as a normal
> user I can rsync just fine to a remote machine.  But if I'm using rsync
> as root to send a backup to a remote machine, I get the rdiff-backup
> problem.  The other machines have no issues whether I'm a regular user
> or root.

Ok. In that case, I would run again the check commands I gave, but this
time as root, just to see if there is any difference.

I don't know the cause of your problem, but these commands are useful
investigation to reveal what "rsync" means when the particular user runs
that command.

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rsync trying to load rdiff-backup AC <debusersQ743@acarver.net> - 2022-05-08 23:30 +0200
  Re: rsync trying to load rdiff-backup David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2022-05-09 01:50 +0200
    Re: rsync trying to load rdiff-backup AC <debusersQ743@acarver.net> - 2022-05-09 03:00 +0200
      Re: rsync trying to load rdiff-backup David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2022-05-09 03:10 +0200
        Re: rsync trying to load rdiff-backup AC <debusersQ743@acarver.net> - 2022-05-09 03:30 +0200
          Re: rsync trying to load rdiff-backup AC <debusersQ743@acarver.net> - 2022-05-09 05:30 +0200

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