On Mon, Dec 22, 2003 at 02:16:21PM -0800, Chuck Wolber wrote: > > Here's my command copied from a shell script:\ > > > > rsync --verbose --progress --stats --compress --rsh=/usr/bin/ssh > > --recursive --times --perms --links \ > > /home/* [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/remotebackups/ > > It looks like you don't have the --delete in there (which you should have > to keep identical copies on both sides, but I don't know your situation so > take that with a grain of salt), so based on that, I would guess you > *might* have a full disk on the machine that you are backing up to. > > > > The script is being run from the root account. My understanding is that > > running as root will eliminate the permission errors, but apparently > > that's not so. > > You'll get the permission problems because a full disk will prevent you > from adding anymore files onto it. > > -Chuck
Well, if you run one end as root and the other as non root user ([EMAIL PROTECTED] in your case) you may well have a problem with permissions. try making sure BOTH ends are root and then see if you still get the problems. Regards Tomasz Ciolek -- Tomasz M. Ciolek ******************************************************************************* email: tmc at dreamcraft dot com dot au ******************************************************************************* GPG Key ID: 0x41C4C2F0 Key available on www.pgp.net ******************************************************************************* Everything falls under the law of change; Like a dream, a phantom, a bubble, a shadow, like dew or flash of lightning. You should contemplate like this.
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