> Steve wrote: > >> Well, I changed to use the correct full path for sudo and now I get >> this error: >> >> Contents of file /media/disk/pc/steve/XferLOG.bad.z, modified >> 2008-07-29 >> 12:25:04 >> >> Running: /usr/bin/sudo /bin/tar -c -v -f - -C / --totals -- >> newer=2008-07-27\ >> 17:56:09 . >> incr backup started back to 2008-07-27 17:56:09 (backup #1) for >> directory / >> Xfer PIDs are now 3657,3656 >> sudo: sorry, you must have a tty to run sudo >> tarExtract: Done: 0 errors, 0 filesExist, 0 sizeExist, 0 >> sizeExistComp, 0 >> filesTotal, 0 sizeTotal >> Got fatal error during xfer (sudo: sorry, you must have a tty to >> run >> sudo) >> Backup aborted (sudo: sorry, you must have a tty to run sudo) > > Run 'visudo' on the client and comment out 'requiretty'. > > Nils Breunese.
Excellent! I have a full backup running now. Once I've verified that I can recover a file, the next task is to try to back up a Windows laptop via smb. Thanks Nils and Ryan. Steve. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/