On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 09:48:51PM -0400, Jordan Desroches wrote:
> I'm running into a problem with permissions when backing up a nfs mount. I'm 
> using gnutar, and while I can backup the entire mount just fine, if I try to 
> put just a subdirectory of 
> the mount in the disklist, I get "Permission Denied" errors from amcheck and 
> amdump. Any ideas as to what I'm doing wrong? The OS is Ubuntu Linux 7.04. 
> Thanks all!

Hmm - at a guess, are you using an automounter?  Could you paste the
errors themselves, and any relevant debug files?

Dustin

P.S. Please consult, and feel free to update, the wiki page on the
topic:
  http://wiki.zmanda.com/index.php/How_To:Backup_Partitions_Mounted_via_NFS

-- 
        Dustin J. Mitchell
        Storage Software Engineer, Zmanda, Inc.
        http://www.zmanda.com/