So I'm still getting the "disk offline" error, and seeing this in my /tmp/amanda/sendsize...debug:
-------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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? -- Kurt Yoder Sport & Health network administrator