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Just some common pitfalls to avoid when setting up BackupPC….

1. When doing a backup of a host whose data is mounted using a nfs share then you have to modify the TarClientCmd.
   Instead of
   $sshPath -q -x -n -l root $host env LC_ALL=C $tarPath -c -v -f – -C $shareName+ –totals
   use
   env LC_ALL=C $tarPath -c -v -f – -C $shareName+ –totals
   because ssh doesn’t work when accessing local directories.
2. The part env LC_ALL=C is important if you work with a non english locale. Because otherwise the backup gets done but in the end BackuppPc can’t check the result.
3. To avoid all sorts of access restrictions run tar as root like
   env LC_ALL=C /usr/bin/sudo $tarPath -c -v -f – -C $shareName+ –totals
   To make this work start  visudo and add the line
   backuppc ALL=NOPASSWD: /bin/tar