On 31 August 2016 at 18:16, Steve Wiser [email protected] [firebird-support] < [email protected]> wrote:
> Can you show us the permissions of the directory that you are trying to > write to? And also of the database file that you are trying to back up? > the directory is 777 and the database is 550 owned by firebird, group unb > > And is there an existing fbk that you are trying to overwrite or is it a > new file? > new file > > And what user and group are you using to perform the gbak along with the > flags. > user and group are called unb, the firebird user is also a member of group unb, gbak -backup -user sysdba -password xxxxx filename > > Does anything show up in dmesg that would indicate some kind of I/O error > or hard disk starting to go bad? > no, and its a VM This was all working and then it didn't, no changes detected anywhere Nick Upson, Principal Operations Engineer, Telensa Ltd. Direct +44 (0) 1799 533252, Support Hotline +44 (0) 1799 399200
