Could you try without "env" in the tar commands? I had the same problem and
for me "env LANG=C" did not work but "LANG=C" did.
Torsten
Am Montag, 18. Dezember 2006 11:04 schrieb Garith Dugmore:
> Hello fellow backuppc users,
>
> I'm attempting to backup a directory on a linux box with using the
> following host config file:
>
> ----------------------------------
>
> $Conf{XferMethod} = 'tar';
>
> $Conf{TarClientPath} = '/bin/tar';
>
> $Conf{TarShareName} = '/etc';
>
> $Conf{TarClientCmd} = '$sshPath -q -x -n -l root $host'
> . ' env LC_ALL=C $tarPath -c -v -f - -C $shareName+'
> . ' --totals';
>
> $Conf{TarFullArgs} = '$fileList+';
>
> $Conf{TarIncrArgs} = '--newer=$incrDate+ $fileList+';
>
> $Conf{TarClientRestoreCmd} = '$sshPath -q -x -l root $host'
> . ' env LC_ALL=C $tarPath -x -p --numeric-owner
> --same-owner'
> . ' -v -f - -C $shareName+';
>
> ----------------------------------
>
> The command it eventually uses is reported as :
>
> /usr/bin/ssh -q -x -n -l root wind env LC_ALL=C /bin/tar -c -v -f - -C /etc
> --totals .
>
>
> Which works from the cli when logged in as root (after copying ssh keys
> to client in question) but not from within backuppc; error:
>
> Running: /usr/bin/ssh -q -x -n -l root wind env LC_ALL=C /bin/tar -c -v -f
> - -C /etc --totals . full backup started for directory /etc
> Xfer PIDs are now 24504,24503
> Tar exited with error 65280 () status
> tarExtract: Done: 0 errors, 0 filesExist, 0 sizeExist, 0 sizeExistComp, 0
> filesTotal, 0 sizeTotal Got fatal error during xfer (No files dumped for
> share /etc)
> Backup aborted (No files dumped for share /etc)
>
>
> backuppc is running as user "apache" and has the following line in
> /etc/passwd:
>
> apache:x:48:48:Apache:/var/www:/sbin/nologin
>
> Any ideas on how to get this to work. For security reasons i'd prefer to
> keep apache running without shell access.
>
> Thnx in advance,
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