* Frank Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-11-16 23:50]: > --On Tuesday, November 16, 2004 22:36:40 +0100 S�ren Edzen > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > I can make backups of /etc and /usr/local/cvsroot but when I try > > to make backups of katalogs in my home-dir it doesn't work. I > > get the following when I run amcheck: > > > > [snip] ERROR: zampo: [could not access /usr/home/soredz/Mail > > (/usr/home/soredz/Mail): No such file or +directory] [/snip] > > > > One difference I can see is that both /etc and /usr is in a > > reiserfs file system but /home is in a ext3 file system. Could > > this be the cause of this error? If not, what could then be the > > cause. I'd really appreciate hel? on this matter. > > Is /usr/home/soredz/Mail its own DLE or is it a subdirectory of a > DLE? Also, what is your dumptype for that DLE? If dump, then it > is filesystem- specific and a reiserfs dump won't work on ext3 and > vice versa. Also, many dumps only work on entire partitions and > not subdirectories. If you are using tar, then its probably a > permissions problem. Is runtar setuid (and owned) appropriately > (i.e., did you remember to run 'make install' as root)? > > Frank > Hi! I have to apologize. I feel a bit silly, it wasn't until I saw it in your answer that I realised that the path was wrong. It's not /usr/home... the right path is /home... I'll change the path and try again. Thanks anyhow. It helped me see where the problem was.
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