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Update docs for security descriptors

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Aneesh Nireshwalia
2024-02-24 13:28:18 -07:00
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@@ -481,12 +481,17 @@ written, and the next backup needs to write new metadata again. If you really
want to save the access time for files and directories, you can pass the
``--with-atime`` option to the ``backup`` command.
Backing up full security descriptors on windows is only possible when the user
has ``SeBackupPrivilege``privilege or is running as admin. This is a restriction
of windows not restic.
If either of these conditions are not met, only the owner, group and DACL will
be backed up.
Note that ``restic`` does not back up some metadata associated with files. Of
particular note are:
* File creation date on Unix platforms
* Inode flags on Unix platforms
* File ownership and ACLs on Windows
Reading data from a command
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