Unknown user-context after update to bit 1.06

Please try only with the id:

backintime --profile-id 1 -b > /dev/null 2>&1

Regards,
Dan

I have changed the syntax as recommended,
but the error-message is still the same:

Mar 27 22:47:01 alex-ubuntu backintime (unknown): INFO: Profile_id: 1
Mar 27 22:47:31 alex-ubuntu backintime (unknown): WARNING: Can't find snapshots folder !

As mentioned before, the problem exists only in combination with anacron.
Backintime works when i start it manually via root-shell.

Thanks Dan,
you gave me the right hint.

The problem was obviously, that in Ubuntu 10.04 the root-Account is deactivated by default.
Backintime 0.9.26 with it's old snapshot-version doesn't take notice of that, backintime >= 1.0 does.

So changing my anacron script to

su -c "backintime --profile-id 1 -b > /dev/null 2>&1"
or
sudo -H backintime --profile-id 1 -b > /dev/null 2>&1

is the solution.

Thanks again,
Alex.

Thanks Dan, that solved my question.

Hi all,

I configured my Back in Time to run with anacron. I use Back in Time 1.0.7. My anacron script was according to this thread

sudo -H "backintime - b > /dev/null 2>&1"

Unfortunately, this did not work. I changed the script to the pre 1.0 version:

backintime -b > /dev/null 2>&1

This works fine, now!

So perhaps the adapted script is only valid for Back in Time version 1.0 to 1.0.6?

Best regards,

Franz

Strange, there should be no difference.
Can you try the first script but redirect the output to a file (not /dev/null) so you can get more informations.

Here's the anacron output:

/etc/cron.daily/1backintime:
sudo: backintime - b > /home/franz/backintime.txt 2>&1: command not found
run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/1backintime exited with return code 1

Peter

It looks like it does not find "backintime" command.
This should be in "/usr/bin/" (like rsync).
Can you create a script that just print the path to a file (ex: "echo $PATH >> /home/franz/abc.txt") and run it from anacron ?

Yes, backintime is in /usr/bin. The anacrontab includes this path (among others, I did not edit the anacrontab).

With backintime -b > /dev/null 2>&1 instead of sudo -H "backintime - b > /dev/null 2>&1" in the script, it works. So there is no reason not to find the command ...

This evening I will create the script, tomorrow in the morning I will start my computer and post the output.

The script is now:

#!/bin/bash
#set -x
export HOME=/root
sudo -H "backintime - b > /home/franz/backintime.txt 2>&1"

no action, no mail, no file named backintime.txt

Actually, the script /etc/cron.daily/1backintime is:

#!/bin/bash
export HOME=/root
backintime -b > /home/franz/backintime.txt 2>&1

This morning, the snapshot was taken. The file /home/franz/backintime.txt is:

Back In Time
Version: 1.0.7

Back In Time comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
under certain conditions; type `backintime --license' for details.

INFO: Lock
INFO: on process begins
INFO: Profile_id: 1
INFO: Compare with old snapshot: 20120322-181951-627
INFO: Command "rsync -rtDH --links -A -pEgo --delete --delete-excluded -i --dry-run --out-format="BACKINTIME: %i %n%L" --chmod=Du+wx --exclude="/media/Backup_HD" --exclude="/root/.local/share/backintime" --include="/home/franz/" --include="/home/" --exclude=".gvfs" --exclude=".cache*" --exclude="[Cc]ache*" --exclude=".thumbnails*" --exclude="[Tt]rash*" --exclude="*.backup*" --exclude="*~" --exclude="/root/Ubuntu One" --exclude=".dropbox*" --exclude="/home/franz/Ubuntu One" --exclude="*[Tt]emp*" --include="/home/franz/**" --exclude="*" / "/media/Backup_HD/backintime/HP-Ubuntu/franz/1/20120322-181951-627/backup/"" returns 0
INFO: Create hard-links
INFO: Command "find "/media/Backup_HD/backintime/HP-Ubuntu/franz/1/20120322-181951-627/backup/" -type d -exec chmod u+wx {} \;" returns 0
INFO: Command "cp -aRl "/media/Backup_HD/backintime/HP-Ubuntu/franz/1/20120322-181951-627/backup/"* "/media/Backup_HD/backintime/HP-Ubuntu/franz/1/new_snapshot/backup/"" returns 0
INFO: Command "find "/media/Backup_HD/backintime/HP-Ubuntu/franz/1/20120322-181951-627/backup/" -type d -exec chmod a-w {} \;" returns 0
INFO: Command "chmod -R a+w "/media/Backup_HD/backintime/HP-Ubuntu/franz/1/new_snapshot"" returns 0
INFO: Call rsync to take the snapshot
INFO: Command "rsync -rtDH --links -A -pEgo --delete --delete-excluded -v --chmod=Du+wx --exclude="/media/Backup_HD" --exclude="/root/.local/share/backintime" --include="/home/franz/" --include="/home/" --exclude=".gvfs" --exclude=".cache*" --exclude="[Cc]ache*" --exclude=".thumbnails*" --exclude="[Tt]rash*" --exclude="*.backup*" --exclude="*~" --exclude="/root/Ubuntu One" --exclude=".dropbox*" --exclude="/home/franz/Ubuntu One" --exclude="*[Tt]emp*" --include="/home/franz/**" --exclude="*" / "/media/Backup_HD/backintime/HP-Ubuntu/franz/1/new_snapshot/backup/" 2>&1" returns 0
INFO: Save config file
INFO: Command "cp /root/.config/backintime/config /media/Backup_HD/backintime/HP-Ubuntu/franz/1/new_snapshot/backup/.." returns 0
INFO: Save permissions
INFO: Create info file
INFO: Command "chmod -R a-w "/media/Backup_HD/backintime/HP-Ubuntu/franz/1/20120324-075535-439/backup"" returns 0
INFO: Command "chmod -R a-w "/media/Backup_HD/backintime/HP-Ubuntu/franz/1/20120322-181951-627/backup/"" returns 0
INFO: Remove backups older than: 20020324-000000
INFO: Keep min free disk space: 1024 Mb
INFO: Unlock

It looks OK for me.
Is it correct ?

Yes, it's o.k. But you should know that the above mentioned anacron script for Back In Time 1.0 and greater does not work with version 1.0.7. You should know that the old script for Back In Time <1.0 works with Version 1.0.7.