Andreas No, I haven't had BackupPC successfully installed before and indeed no User has been set up. You will recall, though, that I have removed and reinstalled from Ubuntu Software Centre to see if changing the permissions on the directories would now allow thte links to be made and the install to go in cleanly. Well, I got as far as the invitation to log in as user "backuppc", but had no password and couldn't enter the web interface.
After reading the config files and tinkering for a bit I came across instructions for how to change the password using htpasswd, but this hasn't completely solved the issue because although I now have a known password associated with the backuppc user, there is in fact no backuppc user to associate the password with! I guess it's the case that the install script had only got so far when it fell over. When I then removed and reinstalled from Ubuntu Software Centre things were probably in an ambiguous state. Of course, you may detect something different. Would it help if I sent you any further config or log files? If so, do say. ------ Just to get a better handle on how a normal install ought to have gone, I moved to the small Debian Lenny partition on my hard drive (host name keizan) and installed BackupPC there using the command: keizan:/# aptitude install backuppc rsync libfile-rsync-perl libfile-rsyncp-perl par2 bzip2 as suggested on DebianHelp. [I did it there so as not to disturb the set up on my main Ubuntu partition for diagnostic purposes]. You can tell from the attached record of the terminal session that everything went in OK and I am able to log in because the backuppc user was set up as expected. >From my own point of view, as I only wanted to explore the software, this is enough for me. Equally, I could maybe strip out my Ubuntu BackupPC install and use apt-get there to achieve the same result. But I'm aware that having got yout teeth into this apparent bug you may well feel the need to resolve it. In which case, I am at your disposal to the limits of my capabilities. I have 'played' with Linux since Red Hat 5.1 and am comfortable enough with the command line. However, I am no expert on enterprise system adminstration so I will benefit from fairly explicit guidance/instructions. Again, thanks for pursuing this. Let me know how you want to play it. Regards, John On 5 February 2011 21:24, Andreas Olsson <[email protected]> wrote: > Never mind that about the duplicate. While there are similarities to > comments later on, your issue isn't the same as the original issue > reported in that bug report. > > Looking closer at your term log I see that there are no mention of any > backuppc user being created? Have you had backuppc installed before on > that system? > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/713204 > > Title: > package backuppc 3.1.0-9ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess > installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > > Status in “backuppc” package in Ubuntu: > New > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: backuppc > > I was using Ubuntu Software Centre to install BackupPC, but the script > failed. I suspect it was because although I'd installed Apache, I had > not yet set up Apache2 config files - I've been using lighttpd > instead. So when the script tried to restart the web server it failed. > Maybe a bit more clarity about the dependencies on the Info page would > be useful. I'll try to get Apache2 working properly and then do a re- > install from Ubuntu Software Centre. > > John > > ProblemType: Package > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 > Package: backuppc 3.1.0-9ubuntu1 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-28.55-generic 2.6.32.27+drm33.12 > Uname: Linux 2.6.32-28-generic i686 > Architecture: i386 > Date: Fri Feb 4 16:32:12 2011 > ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error > exit status 1 > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429) > PackageArchitecture: all > SourcePackage: backuppc > Title: package backuppc 3.1.0-9ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: > subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/backuppc/+bug/713204/+subscribe > ** Attachment added: "debianInstallSession.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/713204/+attachment/1835711/+files/debianInstallSession.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/713204 Title: package backuppc 3.1.0-9ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
