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List:       webmin-l
Subject:    Re: [webmin-l] backup.pl permissions issue Q?
From:       "R. Mariotti" <r.mariotti () fdcx ! net>
Date:       2011-01-28 17:32:44
Message-ID: 20110128123244.38215ugsmp14bvss () mail ! financialdatacorp ! com
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Thanks Jamie,

You got my brain aligned properly.  For anyone else experiencing this  
issue, the target NAS is mounted as a CIFS (Samba) share and that's  
where the problem lies.  Now on to the resolution.


Quoting Jamie Cameron <jcameron@webmin.com>:

> Webmin backups are always run as root, and so will any scripts they  
> run. You can run a command as another user with something like the  
> following though :
>
> su otheruser -c "some command"
>
>  - Jamie
>
>
> "R. Mariotti" <r.mariotti@fdcx.net> wrote:
>
>> Running Ubuntu Server and latest webmin:
>>
>> I use the file system backup module to create a tar file into my home
>> directory then execute a shell script (defined as "command to run after
>> backup") to mv that backup out to my NAS device.
>>
>> The completion of that command always fails with a permissions error.
>>
>> Is there a way to control or override the username that runs that
>> command?   If I use sudo it requires a password and this job runs at 2AM.
>>
>> Suggestions please?   Thanks
>>
>>
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