carbon copy cloner backup problem on catalina 10.15.4

[charak]

at the end of backup I had the message: CCC was not allowed to open this item: /system/volumes/data/private/var/db/lockdown

never had this problem before updating to 10.15.4

thanks for help

greetings to everybody
charak

 

[lclev]

Interesting. I have not updated to 10.15.4 yet so I looked and I do not have /data/private/var/dB/lockdown under /system/volumes. Must be something from the update.

Lisa

 

[MacInWin]

His path leaves out the capital letters. It's actually "/system/Volumes/Data/private/var/db/lockdown" and CCC has not complained to me about it. I'm on 10.15.4.

 

[charak]

Interesting. I have not updated to 10.15.4 yet so I looked and I do not have /data/private/var/dB/lockdown under /system/volumes. Must be something from the update.

Lisa

i cannot find lockdown folder neither...may be is hidden folder...i tried to see hidden folders/files with shift+cmd+fn+. but noting happened....var folder gives few plist but i didnt dare to delete..

 

[MacInWin]

It's there. Use the path I showed. The capitalization is significant in macOS.

 

[charak]

His path leaves out the capital letters. It's actually "/system/Volumes/Data/private/var/db/lockdown" and CCC has not complained to me about it. I'm on 10.15.4.

this path is not working for me...What i am doing wrong??

 

[lclev]

I don’t show it at all and I have unhidden all files and folders. Caps, no caps shows nothing. It might show up when I update to 10.15.4. I am backing up now so I will let you know!

Lisa

 

[ferrarr]

Has CCC been enabled in System Preferences > Privacy & Security > Privacy tab > Full Disk Access?

 

[charak]

Has CCC been enabled in System Preferences > Privacy & Security > Privacy tab > Full Disk Access?

yes....i followed path var/db/lockdown..... I dont have permission to open lockdown which is empty and modified on March 28....when I updated to 10.15.4

 

[chscag]

I have it on my system and am running Catalina 10.15.4:

/System/Volumes/Data/private/var/db/lockdown

The "lockdown" folder is a protected system folder and can not ordinarily be opened and viewed. You can probably gain access to it as a "Root" user but I see no reason to do so.

I find it strange that CCC gave you that message. I do daily backups with CCC to two different external SSDs and have never seen that message.

 

[MacInWin]

Finder may be blocked from the file. I found it using Terminal. I used cd to move to / then down through the folders one level at a time until I got to the /System/Volumes/Data/private/var/db folder, then used ls to see that lockdown was in that folder. So, it's there. But as Charlie said, CCC is not having any problems with that file for me, either. Is your CCC at the most recent update, 5.1.15?

 

[charak]

I updated to 5.1.16...backup is ok now....thanks...I do not like to have automatic update.....

 

[chscag]

I do not like to have automatic update

Why not? CCC will not automatically download and install the backup even if you have updates turned on. It will always ask for your permission first. Many other apps work the same way. Even Apple will not install System updates without your permission. Maybe time to change?