hdiutil permissions error

[Dan Shoop]

At 3:58 PM -0500 4/26/07, Matthew Metzger wrote:
>Hello,
>
>here's a little puzzle that I haven't been able to understand. I had 
>been using the "hdiutil" program to backup folders and files that 
>were read/write -everyone permissions. I have had to change those 
>permissions to limit access. After I changed permissions, my backup 
>command stopped working and gave this error: (the command is first, 
>the error after that).
>
>-------
>sudo hdiutil create -ov -anyowners -srcfolder "/Users" -format UDZO 
>-volname "$date" /Volumes/BackUP01/Users/$date.dmg
>
>Password:
>....................................................................................................................................2007-04-24 
>09:31:26.143 copy-helper[9409] 
>bomCopierFileCopyError:/Users/./sysadmin/Desktop/Safari.app, error 5
>2007-04-24 09:31:26.143 copy-helper[9409] Error 5 (Input/output 
>error) encountered copying 
>"/Users/Users/./sysadmin/Desktop/Safari.app" (canceling)
>
>could not access /Users/./sysadmin/Desktop/Safari.app - Input/output error
>hdiutil: create failed - Input/output error
>-------
>
>Any help in figuring out why the error is happening would be very 
>helpful. I'm using sudo, so I assumed that that would override any 
>permissions issues.

It's not a permissions issue, as it states it's an I/O error. Fix 
yoru filesystem.
-- 

-dhan

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