[flexbackup-help] Problem with extracting backups flexbackup-1.0.1

[<Dav...@cs...>]

Hi all

I have manged to install flexbackup successfully in the sense that  I can
get archiving to work using tar.  However when I go to extract the backup I
get the following error.

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$ flexbackup -extract home.0.200302061136.tar.gz

flexbackup version 1.0.1 (http://flexbackup.sourceforge.net)
/etc/flexbackup.conf syntax OK

|------------------------------------------------------------
| Checking /bin/sh on this machine... unknown (probably Bourne Shell)
|------------------------------------------------------------
| Logging output to "flexbackup.extract.200302061136.log"
| Auto-set to type=tar compress=gzip

Errors:
 Can't tie DB /var/lib/flexbackup/index: Permission denied
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This error occurs on both cygwin and redhat 7.1.  I have tried giving
permissions of 777 to the directories but still no joy.

Have I missed something? 

If you need more info please dont hesitate to ask.

Kind regards

David