[Box Backup] Running bbstored as a user

[Magnus Homann]

Chris Wilson wrote:
> Hi Magnus,
> 
>> I'm trying to set upp bbstored from an ordinary Unix account (Fedora 
>> Core 4). I've modified the bbstored.conf and used that file path as a 
>> argument to bbstored.
> 
> That should work, but be aware that if Box Backup hits an unreadable 
> file, it may abort the backup run. It used to, and I think we fixed that 
> problem in 0.10, but I'm not sure.

Yes, but bbackupd will stil be run as root.

>> But what about loggin? I cannpt modify syslog or make a file in 
>> /var/log. Is there anpther way to see what's happening? Printouts on 
>> the screen, piped to a file?
> 
> Sorry, no other options yet (except syslog). We are planning to write a 
> logging system that would allow log messages to be directed wherever you 
> want, including multiple destinations, but nobody has got around to it 
> yet. You're welcome to volunteer :-)

No the answer I hoped for! :-)