On 2007-06-07 03:48, Jordan Desroches wrote:
> Hi fellow users :)
> 
> 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!

Are you running into the "root_squash" problem?  Root on the client
is normally mapped to the user "nobody" on the server.  And that
user "nobody" is probably getting the "permission denied" error
when trying to access the directory.

I just updated the wiki there:
http://wiki.zmanda.com/index.php/How_To:Backup_Partitions_Mounted_via_NFS

Are you 100% sure that "backing up the entire mount" succeeded (or
did Amanda exclude everything below the mountpoint :-) ).


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