-----Ben Bullock wrote: -----

>Which user are you?
>
>Being able to see but not restore files sometimes can mean that
>you are not a privileged enough user to restore the data. TSM
>file restores adhere to unix file permissions.
>
>When in doubt, try it as root.

The TSM policy is even stricter than this. The only users allowed
to restore a file are root and the owner of the file. Other userscannot
restore the file even if they have write access to it.