On 04/15/2012 05:46 PM, Les Mikesell wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 12:29 PM, Gary Roach<gary719_list1 AT verizon DOT 
> net>  wrote:
>    
>> This is a new installation and my first time trying to install backuppc.
>> I have a Debian Linux Squeeze system. Every time I issue service
>> backuppc start from root I get:
>>
>>      Starting backuppc...mkdir /var/log/backuppc: Permission denied at
>> /usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC line 1813
>>
>> Line 1813 is trying to create a /var/log/backuppc log file. This
>> requires root privileges on my system. How do I fix this.
>>      
> Create the directory as root, then change ownership to backuppc.   I
> would have expected this to be done by a script in the install
> package, though.
>
>    
Thanks Les. That worked. I think that the real problem has to do with my 
security setup. I tried making backuppc part of the root user group but 
that didn't help.

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