Ok, never mind. I think I solved my own problem. The /data directory had root ownship. I thought this was OK since /data/BackupPC was owned by apache user. However, clearly, that was not good enough. I changed the ownership of: chown apache.apache -R /data and everything worked....
Well, at least it started backing stuff up. It started backing up '/' even though I specified in BackupFilesOnly '/opt'. Strange... I guess, I have to go back and read the docs again.... If anyone knows of a quick fix for this, let me know. Thanks, Yaakov. On 7/18/07, Yaakov Chaikin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I set up the BackupPC to run at 3am last night. Here are the logs that > it produced... Basically, looks like the same problem. I don't get it. > Anyone? > > ************************************************* > 2007-07-18 03:00:00 Reading hosts file > 2007-07-18 03:00:00 Running 2 BackupPC_nightly jobs from 0..15 (out of 0..15) > 2007-07-18 03:00:00 Running BackupPC_nightly -m 0 127 (pid=30849) > 2007-07-18 03:00:00 Running BackupPC_nightly 128 255 (pid=30850) > 2007-07-18 03:00:00 Next wakeup is 2007-07-19 03:00:00 > 2007-07-18 03:00:00 tbiqdev: mkdir /data/BackupPC: Permission denied > at //usr/share/BackupPC/bin/BackupPC_dump line 193 > 2007-07-18 03:00:01 Finished admin1 (BackupPC_nightly 128 255) > 2007-07-18 03:00:01 BackupPC_nightly now running BackupPC_sendEmail > 2007-07-18 03:00:01 admin : Can't read /data/BackupPC/pc: Permission > denied at //usr/share/BackupPC/bin/BackupPC_sendEmail line 165. > 2007-07-18 03:00:01 Finished admin (BackupPC_nightly -m 0 127) > 2007-07-18 03:00:01 Pool nightly clean removed 0 files of size 0.00GB > 2007-07-18 03:00:01 Pool is 0.00GB, 0 files (0 repeated, 0 max chain, > 0 max links), 0 directories > 2007-07-18 03:00:01 Cpool nightly clean removed 0 files of size 0.00GB > 2007-07-18 03:00:01 Cpool is 0.00GB, 0 files (0 repeated, 0 max chain, > 0 max links), 0 directories > /bin/df: `/data/BackupPC': Permission denied > /bin/df: no file systems processed > /bin/df: `/data/BackupPC': Permission denied > /bin/df: no file systems processed > /bin/df: `/data/BackupPC': Permission denied > /bin/df: no file systems processed > /bin/df: `/data/BackupPC': Permission denied > /bin/df: no file systems processed > /bin/df: `/data/BackupPC': Permission denied > /bin/df: no file systems processed > /bin/df: `/data/BackupPC': Permission denied > /bin/df: no file systems processed > /bin/df: `/data/BackupPC': Permission denied > /bin/df: no file systems processed > /bin/df: `/data/BackupPC': Permission denied > /bin/df: no file systems processed > /bin/df: `/data/BackupPC': Permission denied > /bin/df: no file systems processed > ************** > > *************************************************************** > > On 7/18/07, Yaakov Chaikin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > With all these side (albeit important) security issues, I never got an > > answer to my question. Why am I am getting a Permission Denied error > > and what am I doing wrong? > > > > Thanks, > > Yaakov. > > > > On 7/18/07, Rob Owens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I believe you can look in the XferLog in the web interface to see the > > > command that BackupPC attempted to run. > > > > > > I know a bit about ssh and security, but I'm relatively new to > > > BackupPC. I've only been using it about 2 weeks. > > > > > > -Rob > > > > > > Yaakov Chaikin wrote: > > > > I am not really sure how to set this up. Does BackupPC start its own > > > > process with whatever user I specify in config.pl? If so, then I can > > > > see how this can be done, i.e., by simply specifying 'backuppc' as the > > > > user in config.pl (I think there is a place in there to do this, > > > > right? I don't have that file in front of me at the moment.) However, > > > > if BackupPC does not start its own process under the specified in > > > > config.pl user, then I am not sure how to set this up. > > > > > > > > Any help? > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Yaakov. > > > > > > > > On 7/18/07, Rob Owens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> You want /data/BackupPC to be owned by user "backuppc". You shouldn't > > > >> be allowing user "apache" to do anything besides run the webserver. > > > >> User "apache" should not be allowed to log in as root. User "backuppc" > > > >> should be allowed to log into the host machines as root (assuming > > > >> you're > > > >> using rsync as your transport). > > > >> > > > >> -Rob > > > >> > > > >> Yaakov Chaikin wrote: > > > >> > Hi, > > > >> > > > > >> > I am running BackupPC 3.0 and having trouble getting it to back up. > > > >> > So > > > >> > far, I am just running a test back up on the machine that hosts the > > > >> > BackupPC. > > > >> > > > > >> > Here is the error log that I am getting when I click "Start Full > > > >> Backup": > > > >> > ************************************** > > > >> > 2007-07-17 22:26:26 User yaakov requested backup of tbiqdev (tbiqdev) > > > >> > 2007-07-17 22:26:26 tbiqdev: mkdir /data/BackupPC: Permission denied > > > >> > at //usr/share/BackupPC/bin/BackupPC_dump line 193 > > > >> > ************************************** > > > >> > > > > >> > The /data/BackupPC is directory where I specified I wanted the > > > >> > backups > > > >> > to be stored. It's owned by the apache user since this is the user > > > >> > that runs the 'httpd' server. > > > >> > > > > >> > What am I doing wrong? > > > >> > > > > >> > Thanks, > > > >> > Yaakov. > > > >> > > > > >> > P.S. I followed the instructions and set up ssh key sharing. So, now > > > >> > the user apache can log in as root without providing a password. I > > > >> > don't know if this has anything to do with that since the client and > > > >> > server is the same machine, but I figured I'd mention it. > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >> > > > >> > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > > > >> > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > > > >> > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. 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