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Paranoid person that I am, I followed the instructions here (http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/localhost.html)�to run tar in a way that would not allow the backuppc user to become root.
I tried wrapping tar up using the script in the documentation: #!/bin/sh -f exec /bin/tar -c $*
And that works fine for full backups. �However, on incrementals, it breaks on
$Conf{TarIncrArgs} = '--newer=$incrDate $fileList';
The problem is that $incrDate contains a space (e.g. 11/11/2010 12:00:00), and tar interprets the 12:00:00 as another argument. �Putting $incrDate in quotes does not seem to solve the problem.
So I changed my script to: #!/bin/bash /bin/tar -c $(printf '%q' $@)
But now I'm getting this error from tar: Running: /usr/bin/sudo /usr/local/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_tarLocalhost -v -f - -C /etc --totals --newer=2010-11-11 12:35:05 .
incr backup started back to 2010-11-11 12:35:05 (backup #1) for directory /etc Xfer PIDs are now 9581,9580 tar: --: (PROGRAM ERROR) Option should have been recognized!?
I understand a little bit about Bash escaping, but I'm out of my depth here. �Anyone?
Thanks, -Frank
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