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Diffstat (limited to 'rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1')
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1 b/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1 index 097ec73..c22f662 100644 --- a/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1 +++ b/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1 @@ -49,7 +49,9 @@ Force backup mode even if first argument appears to be an increment file. If this option is set, rdiff-backup will try to change the mode of any unreadable files or unreadable/unexecutable directories in the source directory so it can back them up. It will then restore their original -permissions and mtimes afterwards. +permissions and mtimes afterwards. This option should generally not +be used if rdiff-backup has root access to the source directory, as +root can access files regardless of their permissions. .TP .BI "--chars-to-quote " chars If this option is set, any characters in |