From bc65da2baf2e070a94a1b6235a457f1b4b4a231b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Eischer Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2020 22:54:35 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add changelog --- changelog/unreleased/issue-1756 | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) create mode 100644 changelog/unreleased/issue-1756 diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-1756 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-1756 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..f735cf1f9 --- /dev/null +++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-1756 @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +Bugfix: Mark repository files as read-only when using the local backend + +Files stored in a local repository were marked as writeable on the +filesystem for non-Windows systems, which did not prevent accidental file +modifications outside of restic. In addition, the local backend did not work +with certain filesystems and network mounts which do not permit modifications +of file permissions. + +restic now marks files stored in a local repository as read-only on the +filesystem on non-Windows systems. The error handling is improved to support +more filesystems. + +https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/1756 +https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/2157 +https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/2989