Ubuntu
backuppc package

  1. Bug #497732
  2. Comment #14

Comment 14 for bug 497732

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Jim Patterson (jimp-launchpad-rs9z) wrote : Re: Tar exited with error 512 () status

This seems to be a very nasty bug to me. Anyone installing backupc and expecting a no hassle backup of 'localhost' will be in for a shock, as the default tar arguments simply won't work under the default 'backuppc' user. There will always be at least a few files that don't give world-read access. What's worse is that backuppc will just keep trying to do its first full backup, trashing performance on that pc.

Including --ignore-failed-read as a default argument to tar seems to be a simple and effective fix. If users do want a full backup including protected files and take steps to do so e.g. run as 'sudo', it will have no effect.