How did you determine that userid 502 is backuppc4afs? Do "id backuppc4afs" 
and "id 502" return the same results? What about "su backuppc4afs -c id"?

Have you configured the Mac to be aware of either an ldap server or AD 
domain in Directory Services? It's easy to accidentally configure duplicate 
uids or uidnumbers if so. [Remember each Mac has its own directory service 
and only uses bsd flatfiles in single-user mode, so don't be distracted 
by them.]

If you find you do have a duplicate, file ownership may be an issue after 
correcting it.

Cheers, Stephen (who has discovered there are generally more reasons to 
dislike Macs than to like them)
--
Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

On Wed, 22 Jul 2009, Wenping Yang wrote:

> Hello,
>
> After installed Backuppc4afs on Mac 10.5 server, I could start backup
> from CGI interface, but it could not automatically start scheduled
> backup.  The error in LOG is:
>
> /usr/local/BackupPC/bin/BackupPC_nightly: Wrong user: my userid is 502,
> instead of  (backuppc4afs)
> Please su backuppc4afs first
>
> The problem is that userid 502 is backuppc4afs, I don't understand why
> it thinks they are different.
> Anyone had this problem before?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Wenping
>
>
>
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