I've seen other users here have had this problem as well (judging from
the archives) but there has never been a solution posted. I believe
that I have found the answer to this problem, somewhat accidentally:
In the process of setting up a script that would periodically check the
BackupPC log for the 'BackupPC::Lib->new failed' error, I needed to do
several restarts of the server. Apache wasn't starting on its own
giving 'nodename nor servname provided, or not known: mod_unique_id' in
the error log. Simply commenting out this module solved the apache
startup problem ... and also, apparently, the 'BackupPC::Lib->new
failed' error as well. The script I wrote has not once fired a restart
procedure since I commented out the module. Previous behavior was that
the error would crop up at least twice a day and persist until I
restarted BackupPC.
Now, I'm not quite certain what mod_unique_id does but I haven't been
using it in any other apache installation so I haven't been too worried
to do the research. If anyone would kindly explain any portion of this
problem, I'd be much appreciative. I plan on writing a howto for
BackupPC for Debian and Mac OS X and this piece of info would be pretty
handy.
B
From: Huxtable, Brian R. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 10:13 AM
To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [BackupPC-users] Backup_dump - Wrong User
I've recently needed to reinstall BackupPC on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.
While it had worked previously on this platform, I'm getting some very
odd errors that driving me insane:
I'm able to run backups for a period of time but some point in time
during the day I'll begin to get repeated iterations of the following:
/opt/local/BackupPC/bin/BackupPC_dump: Wrong user: my userid is 501,
instead of (tlctoor)
Please su tlctoor first
BackupPC::Lib->new failed
After I get this, newly initiated processes will fail but previously
active processes seem to continue. I then need to restart the BackupPC
service to get backups back on track.
What am I missing, where should I look?
Brian
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