Hi, Local: Windows 7 GNU Emacs 27.0.50 (build 1, x86_64-w64-mingw32) of 2017-11-24 (backup-by-copying t) File is on a server which is mapped as network driver in Windows 7. It seems a samba according to the SID below. The SDDL from file-acl is "O:S-1-22-1-79077G:S-1-22-2-108D:P(A;;0x1e01ff;;;S-1-22-1-79077)(A;;FR;;;S-1-22-2-108)(A;;FR;;;WD)" After I edited the file and write it, the backup meets error: Debugger entered--Lisp error: (file-error "Setting ACL" "Operation not permitted" "c:/Users/username/HOME/.emacs.d/autosave/Rfiles/!drive_i!test_fixed_IA_time.r.~2~") set-file-acl("c:/Users/username/HOME/.emacs.d/autosave/Rfiles/!drive_i!test_fixed_IA_time.r.~2~" "O:S-1-22-1-79077G:S-1-22-2-108D:P(A;;0x1e01ff;;;S-1-22-1-79077)(A;;FR;;;S-1-22-2-108)(A;;FR;;;WD)") set-file-extended-attributes("c:/Users/username/HOME/.emacs.d/autosave/Rfiles/!drive_i!test_fixed_IA_time.r.~2~" ((acl . "O:S-1-22-1-79077G:S-1-22-2-108D:P(A;;0x1e01ff;;;S-1-22-1-79077)(A;;FR;;;S-1-22-2-108)(A;;FR;;;WD)") (selinux-context nil nil nil nil))) backup-buffer-copy("i:/power/permutation_test_fixed_IA_time.r" "c:/Users/username/HOME/.emacs.d/autosave/Rfiles/!drive_i!test_fixed_IA_time.r.~2~" 438 ((acl . "O:S-1-22-1-79077G:S-1-22-2-108D:P(A;;0x1e01ff;;;S-1-22-1-79077)(A;;FR;;;S-1-22-2-108)(A;;FR;;;WD)") (selinux-context nil nil nil nil))) backup-buffer() basic-save-buffer-2() basic-save-buffer-1() basic-save-buffer(t) save-buffer(1) funcall-interactively(save-buffer 1) call-interactively(save-buffer nil nil) command-execute(save-buffer) The ACL of a local file looks like: "O:S-1-5-21-1213861250-xxx-207145G:DUD:AI(A;ID;FA;;;SY)(A;ID;FA;;;BA)(A;ID;FA;;;S-1-5-21-1213861250-xx-207145)(A;ID;FA;;;LA)" I think it is a bug because: 1. I have the write access to the mapped network driver 2. If I copy a local file to the mapped network driver, the ACL would be set up well. So I don't think there should be a write permission in this backup case. Best Regards Shuguang Sun