[SOLVED] Backup client asking for PBS user password even though it's in the PBS_PASSWORD environment variable.

[EllyMae]

Why is that happening?

I proceed the backup command with export PBS_PASSWORD=<redacted> but it still asks for the password.

 

[Dunuin]

Did you tried a export PBS_PASSWORD='<redacted>'?

 

[EllyMae]

Did you tried a export PBS_PASSWORD='<redacted>'?

Well, I did echo $PBS_PASSWORD, and it gave me the correct answer.

Here is the script:

export PBS_PASSWORD=<redacted>
export PROXMOX_OUTPUT_NO_BORDER=1
sudo proxmox-backup-client backup \
        root.pxar:/  \
        home.pxar:/home \
        --repository dan1@pbs@192.168.1.50:usb-8tb \
        --ns rocky

 

[EllyMae]

Well, I did echo $PBS_PASSWORD, and it gave me the correct answer.

Here is the script:

export PBS_PASSWORD=<redacted>
export PROXMOX_OUTPUT_NO_BORDER=1
sudo proxmox-backup-client backup \
        root.pxar:/  \
        home.pxar:/home \
        --repository dan1@pbs@192.168.1.50:usb-8tb \
        --ns rocky

This just popped into my head: By using sudo, did I change the context so that the exported variables are no longer visible?

...

So, I took the sudo out of the script and executed the script with sudo (sudo ./pbsbackup). It worked perfectly.

 

[fabian]

yes, sudo cleans up the environment (you can control that via --preserve-env, see man sudo)