i put a user in the operator group in /etc/group: wkstn% pw groupshow operator operator:*:5:root,alpete
and attempted to dump a live filesystem: wkstn% dump -L -0u -f /mnt/storage/incoming/dump_test.dmp /usr /sbin/mksnap_ffs: Permission denied dump: Cannot create /usr/.snap/dump_snapshot: No such file or directory wkstn% wkstn% ls -la /usr total 58 drwxr-xr-x 20 root wheel 512 Feb 14 20:32 ./ drwxr-xr-x 20 root wheel 512 Feb 20 00:58 ../ drwxrwxr-x 2 root operator 512 Feb 13 18:59 .snap/ --snip-- wkstn% cd /usr/.snap wkstn% touch test.tmp touch: test.tmp: Permission denied wkstn% what am i missing here? _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"