David Gardner wrote: > > /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ > David Gardner > email: djgardner(at)yahoo.com > Yahoo! IM: djgardner > AIM: dgardner09 > > "Everything is a learning experience, even a mistake." > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Dan Langille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: David Gardner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: Bacula users list <bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Sent: Monday, January 7, 2008 12:16:53 PM > Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] need to restore folder... > > David Gardner wrote: > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: Dan Langille <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > > To: David Gardner <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > > Cc: Bacula users list <bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto:bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net>> > > Sent: Monday, January 7, 2008 12:06:03 PM > > Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] need to restore folder... > > > > David Gardner wrote: > > > Hey folks, > > > > > > Our software developers found a reason for me to run a restore. > > > > > > I need to restore an entire folder to its original location. If I read > > > the documentation correctly, I need to set the CLIENT Field to the > > > original server and the WHERE files to the root of the CLIENT...right? > > > > All things being equal, yes. > > > How do I define the WHERE if the files are going back to the remote > > server; SERVERNAME:/Path/to/folder? Yes, I am restoring a Linux > > folder. > > During the restore process, you'll get to a yes/no/mod prompt (or > something close to that). Select mod. This is how you can change the > Client and/or Where. > > If you set Where to /, files will go back to where they were originally. > > For example, if you are restoring /etc/foo, a / will put it back to > /etc/foo. /home/dan will put it to /home/dan/etc/foo >
> eh. The "restore" creates a couple of directories but is otherwise > denied from restoring files. The Bacula client on the remote server is > running as the root user and should have full access to the folder. An aside: top posting removes context from the issue at hand. But then, the email client is not quoting properly either. Worry about these things after you get your restore going. David: the main issue at hand is: what is the error messages you are seeing. -- Dan Langille BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference : http://www.bsdcan.org/ PGCon - The PostgreSQL Conference: http://www.pgcon.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
