hi guys, i have this on output on the SVN backup.

/var/backup/2013-09-25_01.00.03.558571.serverx.inc
/var/backup/2013-09-26_01.00.13.320622.serverx.ful

any ideas how the svn backup is being done?

i didn't setup this server and don't know much about SVN.

any input is greatly appreciated.

Looks like a cron job running at 1am, possibly using 'svnadmin dump <repo> ...' command. You could run:

.. to determine what kind of files they are, or see if they match this format.

hi kbp, thanks for the reply.

i've checked crontab -l, the backup is only pointing to a tape.

i've checked also /etc/cron.hourly also nothing there..

i don't know how the previous IT guys done the backup for the svn settings.

i've also search for the shell script, but can't find any backup script..

any other ideas?

Thanks.

Who owns the files? .. does that tell you whose cron job it might be? Is there any backup agent software installed such as NetBackup or any processes belonging to backup agents ?

Also check /etc/cron.d and /etc/cron.daily for a job.

Did you work out what kind of files they were?

hi kbp, sorry it's not a file.

it's all directories. the owner is admin, but i check the /home directory i can't find a user admin.

drwxr-x--- 2 root admin 224 2013-09-23 01:00 2013-09-23_01.00.03.486696.serverx.inc
drwxr-x--- 2 root admin 224 2013-09-24 01:00 2013-09-24_01.00.03.831652.serverx.inc
drwxr-x--- 2 root admin 224 2013-09-25 01:00 2013-09-25_01.00.03.558571.serverx.inc
drwxr-x--- 2 root admin 200 2013-09-26 01:28 2013-09-26_01.00.13.320622.serverx.ful

on /home there is no admin.
root@serverx:/var/backup# cat /etc/passwd | grep admin
admin:x:10011:121::/home/admin:/bin/sh

why is it there is no admin in home directory?

please help. thanks.

no instance of backup agent software

from web search found this snippet to check crontab for all users but no luck:

for user in $(cut -f1 -d: /etc/passwd); do crontab -u $user -l; done

found it, it's on /etc/cron.d/sbackup and it links to a script in /usr/sbin/sbackupd

sbackup contents:

0 1 * * * root if [ -x /usr/sbin/sbackupd ]; then /usr/sbin/sbackupd; fi;

the time is 1am and the backup files is also 1AM (able to track script through the time)

the sbackupd, is a very long script.

sbackupd script is used to backup, file inside the directories has .tgz extension.

question, can i just use tar to restore the backup?

thanks.

i think i found the answer: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Ba...pleBackupSuite

Would that be the right one?

just for update, i add my user account on /etc/sudoers
then I used the GUI Simple Backup Suite.

I already have the rights to backup and restore, and able also to view the backup settings.

thanks kbp for your help

Sorry, I wasn't around yesterday but glad you sorted it out