Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:59:51 +0100 From: Bernt Hansson <bernt@bah.homeip.net> To: Mike Clarke <jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dump Message-ID: <4B07E447.4050608@bah.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <200911210903.40812.jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> References: <4B0562A4.5050405@bah.homeip.net> <4B056636.6050309@infracaninophile.co.uk> <4B075AAA.80205@bah.homeip.net> <200911210903.40812.jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk>
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Mike Clarke said the following on 2009-11-21 10:03: > On Saturday 21 November 2009, Bernt Hansson wrote: > >> Ok. I've tested this >> dump -1 -a -u -L -C 64 -h 0 -f >> /usr/home/bernt/disk2/dump.backup.home.2 /usr/home >> >> The error is >> mksnap_ffs: Cannot create /usr/home/.snap/dump_snapshot: Invalid >> argument dump: Cannot create /usr/home/.snap/dump_snapshot: No such >> file or directory > Does the .snap directory exist, and with the correct ownership and > permissions? Yes and yes drwxrwx--- 2 root operator 512 16 Nov 19:19 .snap >>From the man page: > > "If the .snap directory does not exist in the root of the file system > being dumped, a warning will be issued and the dump will revert to the > standard behavior. This problem can be corrected by creating a .snap > directory in the root of the file system to be dumped; its owner should > be ``root'', its group should be ``operator'', and its mode should be > ``0770''." >
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