On Mon, Jan 30, 2006 at 10:00:45PM +0100, Kosa Attila wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Environment:
> - server
>       - Debian Sarge, amanda-server 2.4.4p3-3;
> - client
>       - Debian Sarge, amanda-client 2.4.4p3-3;
>       - Debian Woody, amanda-client 2.4.4p3-3 (I made it myself
>         backport).
> 
> The clients' full backup is succesful with the following config
> (typically reiserfs partitions are required to backup):
> 
...
> 
> I tried to restore the full backup by 3.7 Knoppix CD, and I
> succeeded, but there is only one mistake. Uid/gid pairs in the
> Knoppix system are different than in my Woody (or Sarge) system,
> therefore certain parts of the restored system are not able to
> work. I think it would be a solution if the tar used also a
> --numeric-owner option to backup. I wonder if the only
> possibility to do it is rewriting the source or there is any
> simpler method I didn't notice.
> 

I love it when man pages don't describe all the options and you
have to go to "info" to see what the poster is talking about :(

If the users do not have the same numeric id's on both systems,
how would telling tar to use numeric id's help your situation?

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