On 21Jul2006 14:24, piltdownster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | --- In [email protected], prashanth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > > or you a root user... i can't understand what you are trying to | explain... | > make it clear ("root user had access to everything ") | | I'm trying to backup the entire home directory which contains the | folders of 5 users. To do this I am currently opening a terminal, | logging in as root and entering the following command: | | tar -cvzf home_$(date '+%d_%m_%Y').tar.gz /home | | During the process I get the occasional warnings below with regard to | some files: | | Cannot open: Permission denied | Cannot savedir: Permission denied | | My question is how can I backup the entire home directory as root | without getting the permission errors.
If you are root, it should just work... ...provided all the files are local to the machine. If you have NFS mounted directories in there you will have problems - root on your local machine is generally not root as far as accessing remote files. Is this the case? -- Cameron Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ This article could be hazardous to your credulity. - Jim Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Check out the new improvements in Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/6pRQfA/fOaOAA/yQLSAA/0XFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
