On 31.05.2016 13:42, Antonio Rodes wrote:
> root@backupserver:~# crontab -l
> 00 01 * * 6 backuppc /usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_serverMesg backup
> 172.16.0.2 172.16.0.3 172.16.0.4 1
>
> root@backupserver:~# su backup
> 00 01 * * 6 backuppc /usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_serverMesg backup
> 172.16.0.2 172.16.0.3 172.16.0.4 1
>

I'm not sure what your question is about, but you cannot specify user name in a 
crontab. Instead of creating a crontab for the root user, create a crontab for 
the backuppc user or use 'su' inside the root's crontab like that:

su -m backuppc -c 'your command here'

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Alexander

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