Comment 9 for bug 497732

This error logs one Full backup with problems, right after installing backuppc:

Contents of file /var/lib/backuppc/pc/localhost/XferLOG.0.z, modified 2010-02-17 14:00:09 (Extracting only Errors)

Running: /usr/bin/env LC_ALL=C /bin/tar -c -v -f - -C /etc --totals .
full backup started for directory /etc
Xfer PIDs are now 5932,5931
/bin/tar: ./shadow-: Cannot open: Permission denied
/bin/tar: ./apt/secring.gpg: Cannot open: Permission denied
/bin/tar: ./apt/trustdb.gpg: Cannot open: Permission denied
[ skipped 74 lines ]
/bin/tar: ./passwd-: Cannot open: Permission denied
[ skipped 74 lines ]
/bin/tar: ./chatscripts: Cannot open: Permission denied
/bin/tar: ./fuse.conf: Cannot open: Permission denied
/bin/tar: ./apparmor.d/cache/usr.sbin.tcpdump: Cannot open: Permission denied
/bin/tar: ./apparmor.d/cache/sbin.dhclient3: Cannot open: Permission denied
[ skipped 147 lines ]
/bin/tar: ./X11/Xwrapper.config: Cannot open: Permission denied
[ skipped 140 lines ]
/bin/tar: ./.pwd.lock: Cannot open: Permission denied
[ skipped 123 lines ]
/bin/tar: ./gshadow: Cannot open: Permission denied
/bin/tar: ./shadow: Cannot open: Permission denied
/bin/tar: ./mysql/debian.cnf: Cannot open: Permission denied
[ skipped 121 lines ]
/bin/tar: ./ppp/chap-secrets: Cannot open: Permission denied
/bin/tar: ./ppp/pap-secrets: Cannot open: Permission denied
/bin/tar: ./ppp/peers: Cannot open: Permission denied
/bin/tar: ./sudoers: Cannot open: Permission denied
[ skipped 74 lines ]
/bin/tar: ./group-: Cannot open: Permission denied
/bin/tar: ./gshadow-: Cannot open: Permission denied
/bin/tar: ./ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key: Cannot open: Permission denied
/bin/tar: ./ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key: Cannot open: Permission denied
/bin/tar: ./security/opasswd: Cannot open: Permission denied
[ skipped 76 lines ]
/bin/tar: ./ufw/after.rules: Cannot open: Permission denied
/bin/tar: ./ufw/before6.rules: Cannot open: Permission denied
/bin/tar: ./ufw/before.rules: Cannot open: Permission denied
/bin/tar: ./ufw/after6.rules: Cannot open: Permission denied
[ skipped 260 lines ]
/bin/tar: ./ssl/private: Cannot open: Permission denied
/bin/tar: ./at.deny: Cannot open: Permission denied
[ skipped 1 lines ]
/bin/tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
Tar exited with error 512 () status
[ skipped 288 lines ]
tarExtract: Done: 0 errors, 1224 filesExist, 1877487 sizeExist, 679246 sizeExistComp, 1224 filesTotal, 1877487 sizeTotal
Got fatal error during xfer (Tar exited with error 512 () status)
Backup aborted (Tar exited with error 512 () status)
Saving this as a partial backup