# aptitude show backuppc | grep Version
Version: 3.1.0-9.1

# uname -a
Linux backuppc 2.6.32-5-686 #1 SMP Sun May 6 04:01:19 UTC 2012 i686 GNU/Linux

using default backup setting for localhost, it failed full backup with
below error messages:

Contents of file /var/lib/backuppc/pc/localhost/XferLOG.0.z, modified
2012-06-27 12:12:04 (Extracting only Errors)

Running: /usr/bin/env LC_ALL=C /bin/tar -c -v -f - -C /etc --totals .
full backup started for directory /etc
Xfer PIDs are now 26309,26308
/bin/tar: ./exim4/passwd.client: Cannot open: Permission denied
[ skipped 64 lines ]
/bin/tar: ./default/cacerts: Cannot open: Permission denied
[ skipped 59 lines ]
/bin/tar: ./shadow-: Cannot open: Permission denied
/bin/tar: ./gshadow-: Cannot open: Permission denied
[ skipped 260 lines ]
/bin/tar: ./ssl/private: Cannot open: Permission denied
/bin/tar: ./sudoers.d/README: Cannot open: Permission denied
/bin/tar: ./dbconfig-common/bacula-director-mysql.conf: Cannot open:
Permission denied
/bin/tar: ./dbconfig-common/config: Cannot open: Permission denied
[ skipped 383 lines ]
/bin/tar: ./X11/Xwrapper.config: Cannot open: Permission denied
[ skipped 274 lines ]
/bin/tar: ./passwd-: Cannot open: Permission denied
[ skipped 70 lines ]
/bin/tar: ./ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key: Cannot open: Permission denied
/bin/tar: ./ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key: Cannot open: Permission denied
/bin/tar: ./gshadow: Cannot open: Permission denied
/bin/tar: ./snmp/snmptrapd.conf: Cannot open: Permission denied
/bin/tar: ./snmp/snmpd.conf: Cannot open: Permission denied
/bin/tar: ./mysql/debian.cnf: Cannot open: Permission denied
/bin/tar: ./.pwd.lock: Cannot open: Permission denied
/bin/tar: ./security/opasswd: Cannot open: Permission denied
/bin/tar: ./rkhunter.conf: Cannot open: Permission denied
[ skipped 78 lines ]
/bin/tar: ./at.deny: Cannot open: Permission denied
[ skipped 149 lines ]
/bin/tar: ./sudoers: Cannot open: Permission denied
/bin/tar: ./apt/secring.gpg: Cannot open: Permission denied
/bin/tar: ./apt/trusted.gpg~: Cannot open: Permission denied
/bin/tar: ./apt/trustdb.gpg: Cannot open: Permission denied
/bin/tar: ./apt/trusted.gpg: Cannot open: Permission denied
[ skipped 137 lines ]
/bin/tar: ./shadow: Cannot open: Permission denied
/bin/tar: ./bacula/common_default_passwords: Cannot open: Permission denied
/bin/tar: ./bacula/bacula-sd.conf: Cannot open: Permission denied
/bin/tar: ./bacula/bacula-fd.conf: Cannot open: Permission denied
/bin/tar: ./bacula/bconsole.conf: Cannot open: Permission denied
/bin/tar: ./bacula/bacula-dir.conf: Cannot open: Permission denied
/bin/tar: ./lvm/backup: Cannot open: Permission denied
/bin/tar: ./lvm/archive: Cannot open: Permission denied
[ skipped 123 lines ]
/bin/tar: ./lvm/cache: Cannot open: Permission denied
/bin/tar: ./group-: Cannot open: Permission denied
[ skipped 1 lines ]
/bin/tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
Tar exited with error 512 () status
[ skipped 125 lines ]
tarExtract: Done: 0 errors, 1548 filesExist, 3291490 sizeExist,
1017707 sizeExistComp, 1549 filesTotal, 3293764 sizeTotal
Got fatal error during xfer (Tar exited with error 512 () status)
Backup aborted (Tar exited with error 512 () status)
Saving this as a partial backup

i tried adding user root to this host's setting as 'other users' but
still the same


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The system isn't backed up normally, as you would have installation
media to restore it; you would just backup configuration. Having said
that, if you do want to back it up, use a live media, not the running
system.

(Usually it is only your data that is irreplaceable.)

HTH

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2012/6/27 Keith McKenzie <km3952@gmail.com>:
> The system isn't backed up normally, as you would have installation
> media to restore it; you would just backup configuration. Having said
> that, if you do want to back it up, use a live media, not the running
> system.
>
> (Usually it is only your data that is irreplaceable.)
>

thanks.
since the backup server is a VMware VM, might as well back it up using VDR



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