Unix account used for Virtualmin backups

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#1 Wed, 02/05/2014 - 07:13
firefoxchris

Unix account used for Virtualmin backups

Hello!

Please could someone explain which unix account is used for backups configured in Virtualmin? I am unsure if a system-wide Virtualmin backup will use a particular account and also if vhosts use their own account to do the backup.

The reason for asking is so that I can specify the options for "User files are owned by" and "Group files are owned by" in my network mount.

Thanks in advance,

Chris

Wed, 02/05/2014 - 08:21
Locutus

Do you mean the local Linux user which becomes the owner of backups in mode "Local file or directory"? Virtualmin stores these as "root:root".

Wed, 02/05/2014 - 08:28
firefoxchris

Thanks. I mean the account used to execute the backup, as this will need to have permission on the mount..

Wed, 02/05/2014 - 08:35
Locutus

That would most likely be "root", since Webmin does not have a user of its own. It performs all its stuff as root. At least I can see that the "gzip" command that zips the home directories runs as "root". So I'm assuming its parent processes must run as root too.

Wed, 02/05/2014 - 08:57
firefoxchris

Great - thanks Locutus, i'll give it a try!

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