[Borgbackup] Subject: Re: FW: Local backup media file system corrupt. Best way to recover?

[gday vw]

Hello,

So I've tried some more troubleshooting

borg list off-site_repo
Response:
Prompted for passphrase
Cache, or information obtained from the security directory is newer than
repository - this is either an attack or unsafe (multiple repos with same
ID)

So I tried deleting the cache again
borg delete --cache-only off-site_repo

There was no response (or error) and surprisingly (to me) I wasn't prompted
for the passphrase for this operation

I then re-tried to list the repository
Response:
Prompted for passphrase
Cache, or information obtained from the security directory is newer than
repository - this is either an attack or unsafe (multiple repos with same
ID)

The repository ID's are now definitely different. So there must be an issue
with the cache or something else.


On Fri, Nov 11, 2022 at 9:27 AM gday vw <gdayvw at gmail.com> wrote:

> When I try to update the off-site repository, I'm still getting the error
> re multiple repos with the same ID
>
> I've checked the config file of both repositories and the ID is different.
>
> Any thoughts as to why this is happening?
>
> On Wed, Nov 9, 2022 at 9:43 PM gday vw <gdayvw at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Unfortunately that wasn't the answer.
>>
>> I've now performed:
>>
>> borg delete --cache-only repo1
>>
>> borg delete --cache-only repo2
>>
>>
>> And when I try to update the off-site repository, I'm still getting the
>> error re multiple repos with the same ID
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 9, 2022 at 9:35 PM gday vw <gdayvw at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I've missed the borg delete step
>>>
>>> Doh!
>>>
>>> Hopefully that is the answer
>>>
>>> On Wed, Nov 9, 2022 at 9:08 PM Thomas Waldmann <tw at waldmann-edv.de>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> > config data  hints.4404  index.4404  integrity.4404  nonce  README
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > And if I do
>>>> >
>>>> > ls: repo/config
>>>> >
>>>> > there are no files listed
>>>>  >
>>>>  > the config directory is empty (or if it's not I need to use some
>>>> switch
>>>>  > with ls)
>>>>
>>>> repo/config is a text FILE (if repo/ is the borg repository directory),
>>>> not a directory.
>>>>
>>>> > fyi, I am using Borg in conjunction with rear, so perhaps the way
>>>> that
>>>> > rear implements Borg is not the way that you assume.
>>>>
>>>> I don't have experience with rear, but I would assume that the borg
>>>> repo
>>>> directory looks as it usually does.
>>>>
>>>> > Ironically, I was willing to create a new local repository, but I
>>>> felt
>>>> > that if I could use an off-site repository as a starting point it
>>>> would
>>>> > be better because I would have all the backup history. And I still
>>>> feel
>>>> > that is the case, which is why I am persisting with trying to work
>>>> this out.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > FWIW the "cryptographically secure" considerations that have been
>>>> > mentioned don't concern me in the slightest.
>>>>
>>>> OK, then you can use the id + 1 method as I described.
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