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. > > +---------------------------------------------------------------------- > |This was sent by vur...@me.com via Backup Central. > |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. > +---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Go from Idea to Many App Stores Faster with Intel(R) XDK > Give your users amazing mobile app experiences with Intel(R) XDK. > Use one codebase in this all-in-one HTML5 development environment. > Design, debug & build mobile apps & 2D/3D high-impact games for multiple OSs. > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=254741551&iu=/4140 > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net > Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Go from Idea to Many App Stores Faster with Intel(R) XDK Give your users amazing mobile app experiences with Intel(R) XDK. Use one codebase in this all-in-one HTML5 development environment. Design, debug & build mobile apps & 2D/3D high-impact games for multiple OSs. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=254741551&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/