Re: Another "Amanda to backup a NFS mounted FS question".

[Nate Eldredge]

On Thu, 16 Nov 2000, Jody McCluggage wrote:

> Hello all,
> 
> I am having a problem slightly similiar.  I am trying to back up some
> directories on an NFS mounted drive using gnu tar but I am running into
> permission problems.  Is there a way for me set the NFS mount so that it
> allows a program running with root permision on the back up system have root
> privledges on the NFS mount drive?

Your NFS server has to allow it.  Read its manual.  Usually an option like
`root=backup_machine' has to be set in a configuration file.

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Nate Eldredge
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