Re: [flexbackup-help] Problems using sudo

[Edwin H. <ed...@co...>]

[ Markus Schaub wrote: ]
> The flexbackup setup with sudo from the FAQ does not work as described. I
> had to set "Defaults:backupuser !authenticate" ind /etc/sudoers to turn off
> the password prompt (thought that NOPASSWD should do it, but for me it
> doesn't).

I don't need the Defaults: line for this to work, perhaps it's a sudo
difference?  I have sudo-1.6.6.

> Second, "$path{'dump'} = 'sudo -u backup dump';" (outcommented example from
> flexbackup.conf) gives an error ("sudo -u not found in $PATH"), so it is not
> possible, to run the command as !root.

Common case is to use $path{'dump'} = 'sudo dump', since dump needs root to
run.

The -u is for possibly running the command as non-root AND not the current
user, I'm not sure that's what you wanted, is it?  (it does have a buglet
you found with the path-checking which I'll fix)

I'll clean up the config comment and the faq for this so it's more clear.
(You don't even need to set $remoteuser for the common case.)


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