On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 08:01:19PM +0200, shacky wrote: > I'm installing BackupPC 3.1.0 on a SuSE 10.0 system. > After I installed it I copied the init.d/suse-backuppc script from the > BackupPC sources directory to /etc/init.d/backuppc and I chmodded it > to 755. > Now if I start it with "/etc/init.d/backuppc start" I get this error: > > server:/usr/local/src/BackupPC-3.1.0/init.d # /etc/init.d/backuppc start > Starting backuppc: /usr/local/backuppc/bin/BackupPC: Wrong user: my > userid is 0, instead of 105 (backuppc) > Please su backuppc first > BackupPC::Lib->new failed > startproc: exit status of parent of /usr/local/backuppc/bin/BackupPC: 2 > > Why this happens? > I checked the init.d script and the parameters seems to be correct. > The command that starts BackupPC in the "start)" stanza of the init.d > script is "startproc -f -p $LOGDIR/BackupPC.pid -u $USER > $BINDIR/$DAEMON -d", which should be correct. > If I try to manually execute the command "startproc -f -p > /var/log/BackupPC/BackupPC.pid -u backuppc > /usr/local/backuppc/bin/BackupPC -d" (please note the "-u backuppc" > parameter to start BackupPC as backuppc user) I get the same error, so > I don't think the problem is the init.d script.
I just looked at my init script here and it's got the same line and works. What happens if you try "su - backuppc"? Maybe the backuppc user doesn't have a home directory, login shell or something similar? HTH, Tino. -- „What we resist, persists.” (Zen saying) www.craniosacralzentrum.de www.forteego.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ 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/
