Re: Incremental and permission changes
Andrea Venturoli <[email protected]> Thu, 5 Feb 2026 09:16:47 +0100
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On 2/2/26 10:13, Andrea Venturoli wrote: > Hello. > > In an installation I manage, there's a NAS with lot of data that is > backed up with the usual Full/Diff/Inc schedule. > On this NAS it's quite frequent to have sweeping permission changes; > alas these almost translate an Incremental backup into a Full one. > > I don't care about permissions: I can set them up automatically after a > restore, so I'd like to avoid this. > > What's the proper way to tell Bacula NOT to backup a file if only its > permission changed? > Or, again, don't backup permissions at all, if the above is not feasible? > > I also thought about using "accurate: mco1", which should backup the > permissions, but not the files themself. This could do... > Before putting it into production, though, are there any caveat? > > Any other idea? No one? bye & Thanks av.