On 4/26/2012 8:33 AM, Les Mikesell wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 12:03 AM, David Williams
> <dwilliams AT dtw-consulting DOT com>  wrote:
>> Is this a localhost backup?  And if so, have you set it up to use sudo
>> or are you using ssh?
>>
>> Localhost that is set up to use sudo.  The backup runs through /var and
>> /home as best I can tell, or it is failing at the very end of /home, not
>> sure.
>>
> Are you sure it is really running as root?   Maybe it can't read any of /home.
>
How do I check that?  I can see lot's of entries for /home/dwilliam and 
other users in the log file before it exits with the tar error.  If you 
can point me in the right direction to determine if it is really running 
as root I can confirm.

Thanks.

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