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SearchSubmitted by zxeem on Mon, 25/07/2005 - 00:28.
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Hi friends ,,
I need help .. I am created a very small script for backup in my PC .. but I am Lazy ...
this is the script !
rm -f backupfile.tar.gz & tar -czf backupfile.tar.gz --exclude=backupfile.tar.gz /home/name/ &
it creats .. a backup for my home .. but What i need is to complet the script .. so that it copies it to a restricted writing place that only root can write to .!!
I tried to
echo password > su
but it didn't work .. so if any can help .. I will be so greatful so that I can put this
cp backupfile.tar.gz /mnt/C/ &
zXeem *
Do you want to keep wite acce
Do you want to keep wite access for root only and coping or tar got the privilage to write on your path.or you want to have write access genarlly to your path so every one could write on it
insted of using 2 commands tar then cp you could do it on tar :
Diaa Radwan
The --exclude has no place
The --exclude has no place in the context because it's already not in the source directory, the command would be:
Complain, do nothing, get your free Patagonian identity.
I am root
OKay . . EveryBody .. I am the root .. but using an ordinary account not the root account !!
what I need is not to know how to backup .. It already works .. with --exclude or without ...
what I really need is when writing a shell script .. that a user runs ... like what I am doing in the backup of my /home/name/ directory ! how to move to root privilige !!
how to use su in the shell script !!
Zxeem*
elaborate
what is the device that mounted on /mnt/C ?
is it windows fat drive or it's windows ntfs drive or it's smb share (windows share) or nfs share (linux share) or it's an ext3 mount drive.
switch to super user (root) then type
go to last line with arrows to the end of file then press "o"
add this line:
press :wq hit enter it will quit.
exit from root shell then try this command
give us the feed back.
Diaa Radwan
i used his command.
i am focusing on it's not important to have tar then cp. i used the same command ,it does not make any sense to exclude non-existing file :)
Diaa Radwan
didn't work
this is the ouput I got (after edit visudo ) :
tar: Removing leading `/' from member names
tar: /mnt/c/encback.tar.gz: Cannot open: Permission denied
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
Zxeem*
this is not clear
try to send the what we have added on visudo (vi opens /etc/sudoers)
send also the executed command of tar.
Diaa Radwan
Here every thing !!!
Defaults targetpw # ask for the password of the target user i.e. root
%users ALL=(ALL) ALL # WARNING! Only use this together with 'Defaults targetpw'!
root ALL=(ALL) ALL
zxeem ALL=(ALL) ALL
zxeem ALL= NOPASSWD: /bin/tar
===================================== about the tar command !!
tar -czf /mnt/c/backup.tar.gz /home/zxeem/
so .. any suggestions !! ...
Zxeem*
try it now.
1- remove this line from /etc/sudoers zxeem ALL=(ALL) ALL (you shouldn do ALL) .
2- when you use the full privileged tar command add sudo before it
.Diaa Radwan
simple bash backup script
I've seen a rather complex bash script for backup, used to run it every day, it's really nice, it uses diff and send you a mail with the log
-I used to be indecisive .. but now I'm not so sure
Nice But ...
That is gr8 .. But I wanna ask .. does it make a backup for a user's home then put it in the /mnt/c ... that only root .. can edit :-|
If so .. then I will be gr8ful if u give me a link to one .. if not .. then hope . u think with us .. to recreat this backup script !!
Thank You
Zxeem*
edit
with little ease you should be able to modify the script I gave you the URL to do what you want.
just edit the variables in the script to fit in with the directories you want backed up and if necessary you can add in a function to make the backups read-only for all but root.
I've always considered writing my own because I never seem to find one that I consider perfect, the one I gave you is the best one I've found though.
If I ever sit down and write my own script I'll let you know
-I used to be indecisive .. but now I'm not so sure