How can I debug NSsbackup?

Created by Jean-Peer Lorenz
Keywords:
debugging

If you are unsure what happens when running NSsbackup or if the application suddenly disappears and nothing is logged in the log files you can do the following:

1. open a console window

2. invoke the application from the console using
    a) 'nssbackup-config-gui' to invoke the configuration tool as user
    b) 'gksu nssbackup-config-gui' to invoke the configuration tool as root
    a) 'nssbackup-restore-gui' to invoke the restoration tool as user
    b) 'gksu nssbackup-restore-gui' to invoke the restoration tool as root

3. you can now see the output of NSsbackup within the console window

If you discover a failure in that output please make a copy and post it.

How to debug the backup process:

1. among the mentioned commands you can invoke a backup process directly from the console:
type 'nssbackupd' to run as user and 'sudo nssbackupd' to run as root.

Disclaimer: Follow these hints only in the case you understand what you are doing! If not please ask a question or report a bug with detailed informations.