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. Click to get it now. > >> > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > BackupPC-users mailing list > >> > [email protected] > >> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > >> > http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ > >> > > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
