High, On Tue, 26 Feb 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I'm trying that server A backs up server B mounting B via NFS. But, to copy > completely all files, server A needs to access server B with root > privileges. > So far, I have used the option no_squash_root but server A still can't copy > files only readable by owner (chmod 600). > Just to be sure, you mean no_root_squash, with option rw ? > What I have to do to backup up server B completely. > > If there are other ways to backup via NFS please suggest me. > Well, the above should work, however, you will have some trouble with the /dev directory if you use 'cp -r' directly. You could try to use a tar pipe of some kind, over ssh. There have been various threads about this, and I do not remember exactly, so you should search the archives for this. Greetz, Sebastiaan
