So I'm still getting the "disk offline" error, and seeing this in my
/tmp/amanda/sendsize...debug:



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sendsize: debug 1 pid 502 ruid 19 euid 19: start at Fri Jul 25
14:24:16 2003
sendsize: version 2.4.4
sendsize[502]: time 0.026: waiting for any estimate child
sendsize[505]: time 0.026: calculating for amname '/', dirname '/',
spindle -1
sendsize[505]: time 0.026: getting size via gnutar for / level 0
sendsize[505]: time 0.042: spawning /usr/local/libexec/runtar in
pipeline
sendsize[505]: argument list: /usr/local/bin/tar --create --file
/dev/null --directory / --one-file-system --listed-incremental
/usr/local/var/amanda/gnutar-lists/db.shcorp.com__0.new --sparse
--ignore-failed-read --totals --exclude-from
/tmp/amanda/sendsize._.20030725142416.exclude .
sendsize[505]: time 0.054: error [cannot find user backup in passwd
file]
sendsize[505]: time 0.056:
sendsize[505]: time 0.057: .....
sendsize[505]: estimate time for / level 0: 0.015
sendsize[505]: no size line match in /usr/local/bin/tar output for "/"
sendsize[505]: .....
sendsize[505]: estimate size for / level 0: -1 KB
sendsize[505]: time 0.057: waiting for /usr/local/bin/tar "/" child
sendsize[505]: time 0.160: after /usr/local/bin/tar "/" wait
sendsize[505]: time 0.160: done with amname '/', dirname '/',
spindle -1
sendsize[502]: time 0.160: child 505 terminated normally
sendsize: time 0.160: pid 502 finish time Fri Jul 25 14:24:16 2003
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I'm pretty certain my problem has to do with the "cannot find user
backup in passwd file". But this makes no sense. I can su - backup
and then view /etc/passwd. The user backup is definitely in it. Any
ideas for what's causing this?

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Kurt Yoder
Sport & Health network administrator