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[V7] ISSUE:"[New File] File="/filename01" Error="[IOException] [NixUtil.c][read] Invalid argument" when backing up files on Linux machine

Article ID Reviewed AhsayOBM Operating System
5273 2017-08-21 7.5.0.0 to 7.x Linux

ATTENTION 1st January, 2022: v7 officially End-of-Life [details]

Problem Description:

When performing a file backup job with AhsayOBM on a Linux machine the following error is shown in the backup log Error=“[IOException] [NixUtil.c][read] Invalid argument”:

No. Type Timestamp Log
* erro YYYY/MM/DD hh:mm:ss [New File] File=“/filename01” Error=“[IOException] [NixUtil.c][read] Invalid argument”
* erro YYYY/MM/DD hh:mm:ss [New File] File=“/filename02” Error=“[IOException] [NixUtil.c][read] Invalid argument”

Cause:

The “Invalid argument” error message is returned by the Linux operating system. It is related to the permission setting of the file or folder selected for backup.

Example:

The following files in the /selinux folder on CentOS 6 where the root account only has write access permission; commit_pending_bools, disable, and load. An “Invalid argument” error will be triggered even when root tries to read the contents of the file at the operating system level.

--w-------. 1 root root 0 Aug 17 15:54 /selinux/commit_pending_bools
--w-------. 1 root root 0 Aug 16 15:47 /selinux/disable
--w-------. 1 root root 0 Aug 16 15:47 /selinux/load
#
# cat /selinux/load
cat: /selinux/load: Invalid argument 

Resolution:

To resolve this issue:

  1. Exclude the affected files/folders from the backup source.

Keywords:

Linux, permission, selinux, file, folder, read permission, exclude, filter, backup source

public/ioexception_nixutil.c_read_invalid_argument.txt · Last modified: 2021/12/21 08:08 by anna.olalia

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