Package: backuppc Version: 3.3.2-2 reloading backuppc daemon with systemd fails:
$ service backuppc reload or $ systemctl reload backuppc output: Job for backuppc.service failed. See "systemctl status backuppc.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details. Error from the journal: Reloading backuppc configuration files...start-stop-daemon: matching only on non-root pidfile /var/run/backuppc/BackupPC.pid is insecure backuppc.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=2/INVALIDARGUMENT\ Suggested patch to fix this issue: --- /etc/init.d/backuppc.orig 2019-11-20 13:32:02.016681521 +0100 +++ /etc/init.d/backuppc 2019-11-20 13:32:13.028672541 +0100 @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ ;; reload|force-reload) log_begin_msg "Reloading $NAME configuration files..." - start-stop-daemon --stop --pidfile /var/run/backuppc/BackupPC.pid \ + start-stop-daemon --stop --pidfile /var/run/backuppc/BackupPC.pid -u $USER \ --signal 1 log_end_msg $? ;;