When restoring files from tape that were backed up with AMANDA (2.3.0.5) and Samba (1.9.18p8) how is smbtar supposed to be used? I've restored to file, and tried tar and gtar and get error messages: salamanda:/tmp#>tar tvf restored.tar tar: directory checksum error salamanda:/tmp#>gtar tvf restored.tar gtar: Hmm, this doesn't look like a tar archive. gtar: Skipping to next file header... salamanda:/tmp#>gtar --version GNU tar version 1.11.2 when using smbtar, which is supposed to be capable of restoring, I keep getting all sorts of error messages about usernames and passwords. All I want is to get these files out of the tar archive, but I'm afraid something is seriously wrong with the archives I'm making. Daily backups indicate a good amount of data being backed up from client PCs. I would hate to think it's all messed up somehow. -Ernie http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Park/9276 _____/ ____ / / Ernie "Shokk" Oporto-SysAdmin _____ ____ / \ __ / __ / Mentor Graphics Corporation \______/ __ __ \______/ __ \___ __ \___ Ernie_Oporto@MentorG.Com