What happens if you run this by hand **as root** on the client:
/bin/gtar --create \
--file /dev/null \
--directory /home \
--one-file-system \
--listed-incremental /dev/null \
--sparse \
--ignore-failed-read \
--totals \
--exclude-from /home/exclude.gtar \
.
Do you get anything to the terminal?
Is /home a "real" file system or is it involved in NFS in some way?
What version of GNU tar are you using (/bin/gtar --version)?
>Nathanael Burton
John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
