On Fri, 2005-12-02 at 10:16, Andy wrote: > I see that the UIDs and GIDs recorded in the XFER log match those from > the directory listing. Great. > > I have downloaded and restored the tar archive from the most recent > backup, this time using the -p option to preserve permissions: > > ~# tar xpvf restore.tar > > Yet when I list the restored directory I still see differing UIDs and GIDs:
Tar will try to match the user name to the current password/nis/ldap lookup during a restore unless you use the --numeric-owner option. Perhaps you have a duplicate passwd entry for postgres and it is finding the wrong one when restoring. -- Les Mikesell [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7637&alloc_id=16865&op=click _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
