On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:24:04 -0400
"Jeffrey J. Kosowsky" <backuppc AT kosowsky DOT org> wrote:

> Steve Blackwell wrote at about 11:18:36 -0400 on Wednesday, August
> 12, 2009:
>  > On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:06:37 -0400
>  > "Jeffrey J. Kosowsky" <backuppc AT kosowsky DOT org> wrote:
>  > 
>  > > Steve Blackwell wrote at about 08:49:23 -0400 on Wednesday,
>  > > August 12, 2009:
>  > >  > Backuppc has been behaving strangely lately. This is another
>  > >  > instance.
>  > 
>  > ...
>  > >  > 05:00:06 Running BackupPC_link steve (pid=8901) 
>  > >  > 2009-08-12 05:00:08 BackupPC_link got error -3 when calling
>  > >  > 
> MakeFileLink(/media/disk/pc/steve/151/f%2f/froot/f.gconf/fdesktop/fgnome/faccessibility/fkeyboard/f%25gconf.xml,
>  > >  > b32585c3cc30b7ebb556d335a08554e3, 1)
>  > >  > 
>  > >  > followed by 100,000+ of the same error on different files
>  > >  > 
>  > >  > What is going on here?
>  > >  > 
>  > > 
>  > > Error -3 means that calling the perl function link (between a
>  > > file in the pool and a name in the pc tree) failed.
>  > > 
>  > > Try manually doing something like the following from the command
>  > > line: link
>  > > b32585c3cc30b7ebb556d335a08554e3 
> /media/disk/pc/steve/151/f%2f/froot/f.gconf/fdesktop/fgnome/faccessibility/fkeyboard/f%25gconf.xml
>  > 
>  > Where do I need to be to run this? 
> 
> >From the command line anywhere. Just type the command as-is.
> Actually type it as:
> su -u backuppc link ...
> 
> so that it runs as user 'backuppc'
> If it works, you can undo it by typing:
> rm 
> /media/disk/pc/steve/151/f%2f/froot/f.gconf/fdesktop/fgnome/faccessibility/fkeyboard/f%25gconf.xml
> (assuming the file didn't exist previously)

su doesn't have a -u option.

# su --help
Usage: su [OPTION]... [-] [USER [ARG]...]
Change the effective user id and group id to that of USER.

  -, -l, --login               make the shell a login shell
  -c, --command=COMMAND        pass a single COMMAND to the shell with
  -c
  --session-command=COMMAND    pass a single COMMAND to the shell with
  -c
                               and do not create a new session
  -f, --fast                   pass -f to the shell (for csh or tcsh)
  -m, --preserve-environment   do not reset environment variables
  -p                           same as -m
  -s, --shell=SHELL            run SHELL if /etc/shells allows it
      --help     display this help and exit
      --version  output version information and exit

A mere - implies -l.   If USER not given, assume root.

Report bugs to <bug-coreutils AT gnu DOT org>.


# su backuppc link
b32585c3cc30b7ebb556d335a08554e3 
/media/disk/pc/steve/151/f%2f/froot/f.gconf/fdesktop/fgnome/faccessibility/fkeyboard/f%25gconf.xml
This account is currently not available.

# link
b32585c3cc30b7ebb556d335a08554e3 
/media/disk/pc/steve/151/f%2f/froot/f.gconf/fdesktop/fgnome/faccessibility/fkeyboard/f%25gconf.xml
link: cannot create link
`/media/disk/pc/steve/151/f%2f/froot/f.gconf/fdesktop/fgnome/faccessibility/fkeyboard/f%25gconf.xml'
to `b32585c3cc30b7ebb556d335a08554e3': No such file or directory

Steve

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