I just installed BackupPC and I started by attempting to backup just my local machine which is also the BackupPC server.
Since this is a local machine I don't need ssh so I set my TarClientCmd to "$tarPath -c -v -f - -C $shareName+ --totals". This worked OK but some directories were not backed up because the user, backuppc, doesn't have root privileges. Next I set up sudo to allow backuppc to run tar as root. I su'd to backuppc to test and it worked fine. My new TarClientCmd is "sudo $tarPath -c -v -f - -C $shareName+ --totals". The problem is that when backuppc runs a backup at the schedules time, I get this error: Exec failed for sudo /bin/tar -c -v -f - -C / --totals --newer=2008-07-27\ 17:56:09 . tarExtract: Done: 0 errors, 0 filesExist, 0 sizeExist, 0 sizeExistComp, 0 filesTotal, 0 sizeTotal Got fatal error during xfer (Exec failed for sudo /bin/tar -c -v -f - -C / --totals --newer=2008-07-27\ 17:56:09 .) Backup aborted (Exec failed for id; sudo /bin/tar -c -v -f - -C / --totals --newer=2008-07-27\ 17:56:09 .) Any suggestions. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
