Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 12:52:15 -0400 (EDT) From: Steve Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net> To: Rick Saltzman <rick@aixia.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: unknown user/group after restore Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9907011251110.7702-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net> In-Reply-To: <199907011637.SAA00925@blackhole.aixia.fr>
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I had screwy problems with cpio restoring badly with bits of one file in the top of another, and the ends missing - as though there is some kind of pointer/counter slippage in the program itself. So we switched to PAX - ITS GREAT! On Thu, 1 Jul 1999, Rick Saltzman wrote: > Restore leaves incorrect uid:gid on certain directories. > > Dump is used on machine A periodically. > Restore is used on machine B to obtain clone of machine A at the time of the > dump. Both machines are running FreeBSD 2.2.8 installed from the same CDs. > > In the process of "restore"ing from a "dump"ed tape some directories are > restored with the following uid:gid 4294967:4294967 > > find / -nouser on machine B displays these directories. > find / -nouser on machine A displays nothing. > ls -l on machine A displays what looks to be correct user/group names > > A characteristic of the directories is that they would normally belong to > uid:gid 65532:65532 or 65533:65533 > > Another characteristic of the directories is that they are either found on > /usr or /var each of which is mounted seperately. No damage is observed on /. > > The damage is always the same, independent of the tape used, the day of the > backup, etc... > > I do not know how to resolve this problem, > Rick Saltzman > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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