Changing permissions on existing backup source

[Kevin Korb]

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Yep, if you change 1 you change the hard links in all of them.

On 01/02/2014 06:09 AM, Charles Marcus wrote:
> On 2014-01-01 1:12 PM, Kevin Korb <kmk at sanitarium.net> wrote:
>> The files will not be transferred but they will be stored
>> separately as new versions of the file even if the content is the
>> same.
> 
> Ok, so, 'stored separately' = take up additional space? which is
> what I want to avoid.
> 
>> Permissions are per inode not directory entry so you can't have
>> old and new permissions without breaking the hard link
>> relationship.
> 
> Yeah, this is why I asked... thx...
> 
>> The easiest solution is to just do the same chmod on the most
>> recent backup before running the next backup.
> 
> Ah, that should work perfectly...
> 
> So, just to make sure I understand, when I change the perms on the
> most recent backup, if I were to go back and look at any of the
> previous backups before that one, any files in those older backups
> that contain files that are hard-linked in the most recent backup
> would reflect the new permissions too, right?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> --
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> */Charles/*
> 
> 

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