To run a shell as the backuppc user, do something like this:
su -s /bin/bash backuppc
Robert Trevellyan
On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 8:22 AM, Philip Parsons (Velindre - Medical Physics)
<philip.pars...@wales.nhs.uk> wrote:
> Hi all,
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> I’ve tried looking in a couple of places, but I can’t find the answer to
> this.
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> I have essentially used this webpage to install and configure backuppc
> 4.1.5 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - https://github.com/backuppc/
> backuppc/wiki/Installing-BackupPC-4-from-git-on-Ubuntu-Xenial-16.04-LTS
>
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> I then tried to create an rsync backup to a SUSE server using
> https://www.howtoforge.com/linux_backuppc_p4 and various other sources.
>
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> When I try to run the backup it fails with ‘No files dumped for share
> /data/rtgrid/’
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> When I run the line from the XferLOG:
>
> /usr/local/bin/rsync_bpc --bpc-top-dir /data/backuppc --bpc-host-name
> rtgridserver --bpc-share-name /data/rtgrid/ --bpc-bkup-num 0
> --bpc-bkup-comp 3 --bpc-bkup-prevnum -1 --bpc-bkup-prevcomp -1
> --bpc-bkup-inode0 2 --bpc-attrib-new --bpc-log-level 1 -e /usr/bin/ssh\ -l\
> root --rsync-path=/usr/bin/sudo\ /usr/bin/rsync --super --recursive
> --protect-args --numeric-ids --perms --owner --group -D --times --links
> --hard-links --delete --delete-excluded --one-file-system --partial
> --log-format=log:\ %o\ %i\ %B\ %8U,%8G\ %9l\ %f%L --stats --checksum
> --timeout=72000 --exclude=var/experiment --exclude=junkdrawer
> --exclude=scratchpad --exclude=tmp xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/data/rtgrid/
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> As root, it runs.
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> However, I get the error message (tagged at the bottom for readability)
> when backuppc runs the job. I’m probably making things more confusing than
> they should be, but I think the install webpage creates a shell-less
> service backuppc user. I then can’t su to backuppc to run the line to test
> it.
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> Has anyone else used this kind of account on backuppc? Can anyone suggest
> a fix for this?
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> Thanks in advance,
>
> Philip Parsons
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> Contents of file /data/backuppc/pc/rtgridserver/XferLOG.bad.z, modified
> 2018-02-07 06:00:06
>
> XferLOG file /data/backuppc/pc/rtgridserver/XferLOG.0.z created 2018-02-07
> 06:00:00
>
> Backup prep: type = full, case = 1, inPlace = 1, doDuplicate = 0, newBkupNum
> = 0, newBkupIdx = 0, lastBkupNum = , lastBkupIdx = (FillCycle = 0, noFillCnt
> = )
>
> Running: /usr/local/bin/rsync_bpc --bpc-top-dir /data/backuppc
> --bpc-host-name rtgridserver --bpc-share-name /data/rtgrid/ --bpc-bkup-num 0
> --bpc-bkup-comp 3 --bpc-bkup-prevnum -1 --bpc-bkup-prevcomp -1
> --bpc-bkup-inode0 2 --bpc-attrib-new --bpc-log-level 1 -e /usr/bin/ssh\ -l\
> root --rsync-path=/usr/bin/sudo\ /usr/bin/rsync --super --recursive
> --protect-args --numeric-ids --perms --owner --group -D --times --links
> --hard-links --delete --delete-excluded --one-file-system --partial
> --log-format=log:\ %o\ %i\ %B\ %8U,%8G\ %9l\ %f%L --stats --checksum
> --timeout=72000 --exclude=var/experiment --exclude=junkdrawer
> --exclude=scratchpad --exclude=tmp xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/data/rtgrid/ /
>
> full backup started for directory /data/rtgrid/
>
> Xfer PIDs are now 111286
>
> This is the rsync child about to exec /usr/local/bin/rsync_bpc
>
> Permission denied (publickey,keyboard-interactive).
>
> rsync_bpc: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes received so far) [Receiver]
>
> Done: 0 errors, 0 filesExist, 0 sizeExist, 0 sizeExistComp, 0 filesTotal, 0
> sizeTotal, 0 filesNew, 0 sizeNew, 0 sizeNewComp, 2 inode
>
> rsync error: unexplained error (code 255) at io.c(629) [Receiver=3.0.9.11]
>
> rsync_bpc exited with fatal status 255 (65280) (rsync error: unexplained
> error (code 255) at io.c(629) [Receiver=3.0.9.11])
>
> Xfer PIDs are now
>
> Got fatal error during xfer (No files dumped for share /data/rtgrid/)
>
> Backup aborted (No files dumped for share /data/rtgrid/)
>
> BackupFailCleanup: nFilesTotal = 0, type = full, BackupCase = 1, inPlace = 1,
> lastBkupNum =
>
> Removing empty backup #0
>
> Xfer PIDs are now 111317
>
> BackupPC_backupDelete: removing #0
>
> BackupPC_backupDelete: No prior backup for merge
>
> Xfer PIDs are now 111317,111318
>
> BackupPC_refCountUpdate: host rtgridserver got 0 errors (took 0 secs)
>
> Xfer PIDs are now 111317
>
> Xfer PIDs are now
>
> Finished BackupPC_backupDelete, status = 0 (running time: 0 sec)
>
> Xfer PIDs are now
>
> Running BackupPC_refCountUpdate -h rtgridserver -f on rtgridserver
>
> Xfer PIDs are now 111319
>
> BackupPC_refCountUpdate: host rtgridserver got 0 errors (took 0 secs)
>
> Xfer PIDs are now
>
> Finished BackupPC_refCountUpdate (running time: 0 sec)
>
> Xfer PIDs are now
>
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