[BackupPC-users] BackupPC_tarCreate gives error "bad share or directory&

[dleigh <bac...@ba...>]

On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 3:15 AM, dleigh
<backuppc-forum < at > backupcentral.com> wrote:

Hi Les, thanks for the reply and sorry my post was confusing. I use the web interface exclusively but when it has an error it doesn't always give all the information necessary to see what the real problem is.

For instance the web interface tells me this:

Running: /usr/bin/ssh -q -x -l root fichiers00 env LC_ALL=C sudo /bin/tar -x -p --numeric-owner --same-owner -v -f - -C /home
Running: /usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_tarCreate -h localhost -n 828 -s /home -t -r /leidav -p /leidav/ /leidav/zlink.txt

This is not making it less confusing. One of those commands should be
a backup, one a restore. Are they intended for the same host? Also,
you use of sudo in the backup indicates you have modified some of the
commands, which is probably the underlying reason they aren't working
for you.

Xfer PIDs are now 22938,22939
Tar exited with error 65280 () status
restore failed: BackupPC_tarCreate failed

So this "BackupPC_tarCreate failed" is not too useful. Consequently, I take the command and run it at the command line to see what message it gives me. Of course if the web interface is creating bad commands, that would be a problem to track down. So that's where I am at the moment. Thanks!

Does a restore where you download a tar image to the browser work?
If so, the tarCreate side of the restore must be correct and the issue
is the part that tries to extract it back to the target. If you go
to the host page, does it show a 'restore summary' section below the
'backup summary'? And if so, if you browse into one of the restore
numbers, does the xfer log part show more details about your error?

-- 
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell < at > gmail.com 

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Les,

This block of commands and messages: 

Running: /usr/bin/ssh -q -x -l root fichiers00 env LC_ALL=C sudo /bin/tar -x -p --numeric-owner --same-owner -v -f - -C /home
Running: /usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_tarCreate -h localhost -n 828 -s /home -t -r /leidav -p /leidav/ /leidav/zlink.txt
Xfer PIDs are now 22938,22939
Tar exited with error 65280 () status
restore failed: BackupPC_tarCreate failed

Is copied DIRECTLY from the web interface restore summary xfer log.  So, if one of the commands SHOULD be something else, it's the interface that messing it up.  Also, you see why I need more information.  That's ALL that the xfer.log gives me.

Yes I added a sudo based on certain recommandations in wikis and forums so that the backuppc user could execute the tar command successfully.  The backup part (it's a tar backup) works so I'm guessing that sudo concept is working for me.

Yes, a download of a tar image works (as does the zip).  It's only the in-place restore that gives me a problem.

Thanks for your attention to this!

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