---- Adam Goryachev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Set the full path to sudo eg /bin/sudo > > Maybe that will help. > > Regards, > Adam
Thanls for the suggestion but I still get the same error. Stev e. > Steve Blackwell wrote: > > 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/
