Amanda-Users

Re: Permission denyed to just some filesystems

2005-12-25 18:39:21
Subject: Re: Permission denyed to just some filesystems
From: Thomas Widhalm <widhalmt AT unix.sbg.ac DOT at>
To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 00:22:36 +0100
Am Sonntag, 25. Dezember 2005 23:57 schrieb Jon LaBadie:
> On Sun, Dec 25, 2005 at 11:04:30PM +0100, Thomas Widhalm wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > I set up amanda to backup some of my workstations. Now I encountered some
> > strange issue: On one workstation amanda can backup /home but not /. The
> > permissions in /dev are the same. The user amanda is in the disk group.
>
> What backup program are you using.  For tar the device permissions should
> not matter.  For dump they do.

I have the option "program "GNUTAR" set.

>
> Are the entries in /dev symlinks to some other file, the actual device?
> On some OSs they are.  Does "ls -lL" (both lower and upper 'ell') of the
> devices give the same results as "ls -l"?

Both ls's on the /dev/hda device and on the / directory show the same output.

Thanks for the hint but it didn't work out.

Regards,
Thomas

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