<to...@tuxteam.de> writes: > On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 03:09:29PM +0100, Sharon Kimble wrote: >> I'm having great difficulty in getting vnstat to run as user, like I had >> on my previous i386 computer. I have created the new 64bit eth0 binary >> file in ~/cron/lib/ so that it is backed up with my regular backups with >> obnam. Except it seems that only root or vnstat can run and own the >> ~/cron/lib/eth0, which is then unable to be backed up with obnam because >> its only a user backup and not root. >> >> How then can I run vnstat as a user please? > > Hmm. Trying to understand: you are trying to run vmstat from cron? > Does it work when you run it from the command linee? >
No, I only store the "eth0" in a subdirectory of my cron directory. I am trying to start it as user on the command-line. Thanks Sharon -- A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk TGmeds = http://www.tgmeds.org.uk Debian 8.0, fluxbox 1.3.7, emacs 24.5.50.3
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