[Borgbackup] Local Exception

Boris Kirkorowicz bkborg at kirk.de
Sun Jul 17 15:14:10 EDT 2022


Hi Sascha,
does borg use these features for the files the repos consist of, or does
it just effect the files that er stored in these repo files?


Am 17.07.22 um 18:17 schrieb Sascha Ternes:
> Am 17.07.22 um 18:12 schrieb Boris Kirkorowicz:
>> Am 17.07.22 um 17:47 schrieb Sascha Ternes:
>>> If you REALLY want to use SSHFS and not use Borg with a SSH repository,
>>> note that SSHFS has some restrictions. See here:
>>>
>>> https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/deployment/pull-backup.html#sshfs
> 
>> thank You for this hint. As far as I understand, this refers to a setup
>> where borg is running on the remote machine pulling the original data
>> over sshfs from the client machine to store them in a repository on it's
>> local disks. This includes the risk that the client's file system
>> features might not be transferred completely, so the restore might fail.
>> Did I get it right?
> 
>> If I set it up the other way, that means borg is running on the client
>> machine, storing it's local data to the repository at the remote host
>> using sshfs, is this expected to work flawlessly?
> 
> No, I just wanted to say that SSHFS does not support all of Borg's 
> features like ACL or xattrs, which is explained there. This has nothing 
> to do with pull mode.
> 
> Sascha
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