try
su backuppc -c id
what is your output?

did you create the user backuppc?  if so, does backuppc have a home
directory and does it have a default shell of /bin/bash?

what is the output of
su backuppc -c " /usr/local/backuppc/bin/BackupPC -d"

just for fun, try to suid backuppc the init script.





On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 4:36 PM, Les Mikesell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> shacky wrote:
> >>  Everything in bin/ is owned by user backuppc and has rights
> -r-xr-xr-x.
> >
> > Yes, I have the same permissions.
> > The strange thing is that I get the same error even if I try to run
> > BackupPC directly as backuppc user:
> >
> > server:/usr/local/backuppc/bin # su - backuppc
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> /usr/local/backuppc/bin/BackupPC -d
> > /usr/local/backuppc/bin/BackupPC: Wrong user: my userid is 0, instead
> > of 105 (backuppc)
> > Please su backuppc first
> > BackupPC::Lib->new failed
> >
> > I don't understand why.
>
> What do you get if you execute 'id' as user backuppc?
>
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