Sunday, January 10, 2010

Re: [nslu2-linux] Re: Need a how-to: Backup an Unslung System

 

M.J. Johnson wrote:
> cpio: ./root/.wymypy: Cannot open: Permission denied
> cpio: ./.ext3flash: Cannot open: Permission denied
> cpio: ./home/httpd/html/Management/.htpasswd: Cannot open: Permission
> denied
>
> An attempt to use tar yielded similar results.
>
> What can I/should I do to create a full and complete backup of my
> unslung drive?
>
su to root (or try sudo).

Knoppix boots up and logs you in as a normal user; you need superuser
privs in order to read/write the data for the backup -- otherwise not
only will you fail to copy all of the data, the copy itself will have
the permissions and ownership of the files all wrong.

-Mike (mwester)

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