Hi,

Are you using sudo with rsync? As described here:

http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/ssh.html#how_can_client_access_as_root_be_avoided

The permission issue in the log below, and the fact that temp 
directories work point at this possibility.

Best regards,
Johan

On 2015-11-21 21:56, donkeydong69 wrote:
> I found that trying to do a full restore of / seems to break down here:
> Sending /vmlinuz (remote=vmlinuz) type = 2
>    restore l 777       0/0          30 /vmlinuz -> 
> boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-33-generic
> Remote[1]: rsync: mknod "/dev/pts/1" failed: Operation not permitted (1)
> Remote[1]: rsync: mknod "/dev/pts/11" failed: Operation not permitted (1)
> Read EOF:
> Tried again: got 0 bytes
> Done: 215256 files, 5884382843 bytes
> restore failed: Unable to read 7237443 bytes
>
> It seems I need to do more research as to what folders in the / directory can 
> be restored and which shouldn't.
>
> I've also discovered that although a restore of, say a particular file or 
> directory, may finish long before the backuppc gui has updated the status. In 
> addition, I have found little to no issues restoring large directories to 
> temporary folders on the client computer, rather than overriding the existing 
> directories during the restore process. I am eager to see what happens when I 
> replace the folders on the system with the ones sent by my backuppc.
>
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