Tested with Restic 0.16.5 and 0.17.1+.
When restoring files with 0.17.0+, the files are restored, but they return access denied errors. And I cannot open them, delete, or do anything unless I go deep into Windows security permissions and select " Replace all child object permissions with inheritable permissions from this object".
For example the follow WITH RESTIC 0.17.1:
restic -r MyBackup restore dbe0d2df --target C:/users/REDACTED/desktop/RestoreRestic17
repository d0216eb6 opened (version 2, compression level max)
[0:00] 100.00% 2 / 2 index files loaded
restoring snapshot dbe0d2df of [E:\nero] at 2024-09-17 22:46:35.0567189 -0500 CDT by Win11-VM\REDACTED@Win11-VM to C:/users/REDACTED/desktop/RestoreRestic17
ignoring error for \E\nero\Takc.exe: UtimesNano: Access is denied.
ignoring error for \E\nero\lame.exe: UtimesNano: Access is denied.
ignoring error for \E\nero\lame_enc.dll: UtimesNano: Access is denied.
ignoring error for \E\nero\mpcenc.exe: UtimesNano: Access is denied.
ignoring error for \E\nero\neroAacDec.exe: UtimesNano: Access is denied.
ignoring error for \E\nero\neroAacEnc.exe: UtimesNano: Access is denied.
ignoring error for \E\nero\neroAacTag.exe: UtimesNano: Access is denied.
ignoring error for \E\nero\oggenc2.exe: UtimesNano: Access is denied.
ignoring error for \E\nero\opusdec.exe: UtimesNano: Access is denied.
ignoring error for \E\nero\opusenc.exe: UtimesNano: Access is denied.
ignoring error for \E\nero\opusinfo.exe: UtimesNano: Access is denied.
ignoring error for \E\nero\wavpack.exe: UtimesNano: Access is denied.
ignoring error for \E\nero: UtimesNano: Access is denied.
Summary: Restored 13 / 14 files/dirs (5.858 MiB / 5.858 MiB) in 0:00
Fatal: There were 13 errors
ERRORS, RESTORED FILES, BUT CAN’T OPEN/EDIT/DELETE FILES W/O MOD WINDOWS PERMISSIONS
WITH RESTIC 0.16.5
restic16 -r MyBackup restore dbe0d2df --target C:/users/REDACTED/desktop/RestoreRestic16
repository d0216eb6 opened (version 2, compression level max)
[0:00] 100.00% 2 / 2 index files loaded
restoring <Snapshot dbe0d2df of [E:\nero] at 2024-09-17 22:46:35.0567189 -0500 CDT by Win11-VM\REDACTED@Win11-VM> to C:/users/REDACTED/desktop/RestoreRestic16
Summary: Restored 14 files/dirs (5.858 MiB) in 0:00
NO ERRORS, SUCCESSFUL RESTORE, ACCESSIBLE FILES
This seems to happen mostly from files that were backup from the network. E:\ is a mapped network drive. However, I did test with files straight from the system and also got similar errors. In the case below, I back up my pictures folder, and here’s what I get when I restore:
WITH RESTIC 0.17.1
restic -r MyBackup restore latest --target "C:/restored"
repository d0216eb6 opened (version 2, compression level max)
[0:00] 100.00% 3 / 3 index files loaded
restoring snapshot 43e802d4 of [C:\Users\REDACTED\Pictures] at 2024-09-17 23:02:00.359676 -0500 CDT by Win11-VM\REDACTED@Win11-VM to C:/restored
ignoring error for \C\Users: UtimesNano: Access is denied.
Summary: Restored 11 / 12 files/dirs (1.469 MiB / 1.469 MiB) in 0:00
Fatal: There were 1 errors
It’s very strange and it’s keeping me from totally upgrading to 0.17.0. Anyone experiencing this? I was thinking it was my NAS and the file permissions on it. But then I ran a test with a fresh repo and only backup files directly from the system itself and still got access denied errors. No errors at all with 0.16.5.
