I finally separated the logs for the Administrator verson from the User version. This error log is from the User version. The Adminstration version worked. I have been wondering if having the two version creates a confilct???? PS: I have moved the back-up destination to a an external USB device attached to a router, the backup program succesfully writes a backup (when it wrorks). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SBackup 'Default Profile' Logger ============== 2012-12-27 22:00:05,586 - INFO in ConfigManager.__create_logger(757): Log output for [Default Profile] is directed to file '/var/log/sbackup/UserVersion/sbackup.2012-12-27_22.00.05.584857.log'. 2012-12-27 22:00:05,586 - DEBUG in ConfigManager.validateConfigFileOpts(806): Validating config file. 2012-12-27 22:00:05,588 - INFO in ConfigManager.__init__(331): Profile settings are being read from file '/home/steve/.config/sbackup/sbackup.conf'. 2012-12-27 22:00:05,588 - DEBUG in backupproc.__init__(119): Simple Backup Suite 0.11.4 2012-12-27 22:00:05,593 - DEBUG in profile_handler.__init__(87): Instance of BackupProfileHandler created. 2012-12-27 22:00:05,594 - INFO in profile_handler.prepare(90): Preparation of backup process 2012-12-27 22:00:05,595 - DEBUG in pathparse.set_and_parse_uri(216): UriParser: Display name: smb://rt-n56u/AiDisk_a1/AltairBackup URI scheme: smb eff. scheme: smb Hostname: `rt-n56u` Path: `/AiDisk_a1/AltairBackup` Port: None Username: `None` Password: `None` 2012-12-27 22:00:05,596 - DEBUG in pathparse.set_and_parse_uri(216): UriParser: Display name: smb://rt-n56u/AiDisk_a1/AltairBackup URI scheme: smb eff. scheme: smb Hostname: `rt-n56u` Path: `/AiDisk_a1/AltairBackup` Port: None Username: `None` Password: `None` 2012-12-27 22:00:05,596 - INFO in _gio_fam.initialize(100): Initializing GIO File Access Manager. 2012-12-27 22:00:05,597 - DEBUG in pathparse.query_mount_uri(253): get_mount_uri: smb://rt-n56u/AiDisk_a1/AltairBackup 2012-12-27 22:00:05,597 - DEBUG in _gio_utils.mount(258): Mount path: smb://rt-n56u/AiDisk_a1/AltairBackup 2012-12-27 22:00:05,623 - DEBUG in _gio_utils._is_local(217): Given path is not local 2012-12-27 22:00:05,721 - DEBUG in pathparse.query_mount_uri(253): get_mount_uri: smb://rt-n56u/AiDisk_a1/AltairBackup 2012-12-27 22:00:05,727 - DEBUG in _gio_utils._set_mount_flag(244): Path_mount_info: Path: `smb://rt-n56u/AiDisk_a1/AltairBackup` Eff. path: `None` Mounted: True 2012-12-27 22:00:05,727 - DEBUG in _gio_utils._mount_done_cb(366): quit loop 2012-12-27 22:00:05,727 - DEBUG in _gio_utils._mount_done_cb(371): Calling additional callback 2012-12-27 22:00:05,728 - INFO in profile_handler.__check_target(336): Backup destination: smb://rt-n56u/AiDisk_a1/AltairBackup 2012-12-27 22:00:05,729 - DEBUG in pathparse.query_mount_uri(253): get_mount_uri: smb://rt-n56u/AiDisk_a1/AltairBackup 2012-12-27 22:00:05,738 - DEBUG in pathparse.query_mount_uri(253): get_mount_uri: smb://rt-n56u/AiDisk_a1/AltairBackup 2012-12-27 22:00:05,739 - INFO in _gio_utils._test_path(849): Perform tests at specified location 2012-12-27 22:00:05,740 - DEBUG in _gio_utils._test_path(852): test specified path for existence using GIO 2012-12-27 22:00:05,743 - DEBUG in _gio_utils._test_path(859): Test testdir: smb://rt-n56u/AiDisk_a1/AltairBackup/sbackup-dir-1356663605.74-1f6f2912-63e3-4749-aae7-39c6f96bd7a3.tmp 2012-12-27 22:00:05,748 - DEBUG in _gio_utils._test_path(865): Create testdir 2012-12-27 22:00:05,754 - DEBUG in _gio_utils._test_path(870): Test testfile for existence 2012-12-27 22:00:05,758 - DEBUG in _gio_utils._test_path(877): Create file 2012-12-27 22:00:11,492 - DEBUG in _gio_utils._test_path(879): Write buffer: `Some arbitrary content: bb528961-4e93-4f9e-9593-e9ebb4501aba` to file 2012-12-27 22:00:12,310 - DEBUG in _gio_utils._test_path(884): Re-read test file 2012-12-27 22:00:12,326 - DEBUG in _gio_utils._test_path(891): Some arbitrary content: bb528961-4e93-4f9e-9593-e9ebb4501aba 2012-12-27 22:00:12,327 - DEBUG in _gio_utils._test_path(896): Remove file 2012-12-27 22:00:12,333 - DEBUG in _gio_utils._test_path(898): Remove dir 2012-12-27 22:00:12,338 - DEBUG in pathparse.query_mount_uri(253): get_mount_uri: smb://rt-n56u/AiDisk_a1/AltairBackup 2012-12-27 22:00:12,339 - DEBUG in pathparse.query_mount_uri(253): get_mount_uri: smb://rt-n56u/AiDisk_a1/AltairBackup 2012-12-27 22:00:12,339 - INFO in UpgradeManager.need_upgrade(145): Checking for snapshots stored in old formats 2012-12-27 22:38:13,934 - ERROR in backupproc.except_hook(66): Uncaught exception: Application was terminated by signal 15. 2012-12-27 22:38:13,935 - ERROR in backupproc.except_hook(67): Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/sbackup", line 42, in retc = main(sys.argv) File "/usr/share/sbackup/sbackup/backupproc.py", line 581, in main exitcode = sbackup_app.run() File "/usr/share/sbackup/sbackup/backupproc.py", line 561, in run self.__exitcode = self.__backupproc.run() File "/usr/share/sbackup/sbackup/backupproc.py", line 283, in run self.__bprofilehdl.process() File "/usr/share/sbackup/sbackup/util/__init__.py", line 484, in sigterm_handler raise exceptions.SigTerminatedError("Application was terminated by signal %s." % signum) SigTerminatedError: Application was terminated by signal 15. 2012-12-27 22:38:13,953 - ERROR in backupproc.except_hook(66): Uncaught exception: [Errno 3] No such process 2012-12-27 22:38:13,953 - ERROR in backupproc.except_hook(67): Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.7/atexit.py", line 24, in _run_exitfuncs func(*targs, **kargs) OSError: [Errno 3] No such process