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

[John R. <jo...@re...>]

[ On Thursday, February 6, Dav...@cs... wrote: ]
> Hi all
> 
> flexbackup version 1.0.1 (http://flexbackup.sourceforge.net)
> /etc/flexbackup.conf syntax OK
> 
> Errors:
>  Can't tie DB /var/lib/flexbackup/index: Permission denied
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 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.

Well, aside from the obvious questions, I can't think of anything that would
cause this:

 o are you restoring as root?
 o before you type the flexbackup command can you say

     file /var/lib/flexbackup/index

???

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