OK Got it. It might be helpful that if in the documentation it is mentioned that __WHATEVER__ appears in a file, it should be replaced with the actual value. (i.e. replace __TOPDIR__ with the path to the file which in my case is "Backup/BackupPC").
Thanks... Tom. On Sun, Aug 30, 2020 at 8:05 PM Tom Cada <thomas.c...@gmail.com> wrote: > From your 4.4.0 documentation I see: > > For security purposes you might choose to configure the BackupPC user with > the shell set to /bin/false. Since you might need to run some BackupPC > programs as the BackupPC user for testing purposes, you can use the -s > option to su to explicitly run a shell, eg: > > su -s /bin/bash __BACKUPPCUSER__ > > If the -s option is not available on your operating system, you can > specify the -m option to use your login shell as invoked shell: > > su -m __BACKUPPCUSER__ > > I tried it with the $ perfix but it still didn't work. > > In setting BackupPC up to run as a service (backuppc.service file), I had > to change all the references from__WHATEVER__ to the actual file names > including paths if necessary. The substitution of the variables did not > work. > > Tom. > > > On Sun, Aug 30, 2020 at 7:28 PM Tim Evans <tkev...@tkevans.com> wrote: > >> On 8/30/20 6:47 PM, Tom Cada wrote: >> >> > All of the various BackupPC environment variables such as >> > __BACKUPPCUSER__ or __TOPDIR__ are missing. >> > >> > If I try as suggested in your documentation >> > >> > $ sudo su - __BACKUPPCUSER__ >> > I get the error >> > su: user __BACKUPPCUSER__ does not exist >> >> Not sure those variables would be set for a non-BackupPC user, but, in >> any case, shouldn't that be: >> >> $ su - $__BACKUPPCUSER__ >> >> (i.e., variables are referenced in most cases with the preceding dollar >> sign.) >> >> -- >> Tim Evans | 5 Chestnut Court >> | Owings Mills, MD 21117 >> | 443-394-3864 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> BackupPC-users mailing list >> BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users >> Wiki: https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki >> Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ >> >
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