Backup without /tmp directory

Try this, maybe the Cpanel backup will skip it if it doesn't have permissions?

chmod 000 /home/username/tmp

/scripts/pkgacct username

 

There is an exclude parameter as part of the safesync subroutine in the pkgacct script. On my server it is seen around line 577:

Code:

%NFL = safesync(user=>$user,
    gidlist=>["cpanel","nobody"],
    source=>"${homedir}/",
    dest=>"${tarroot}/${prefix}${user}/homedir",
    chown=>0,
    delete=>1,
    verbose=>0);

I believe this is where the actual backup processing takes place. You can add a section so that it might look something like:

Code:

%NFL = safesync(user=>$user,
    gidlist=>["cpanel","nobody"],
    source=>"${homedir}/",
    dest=>"${tarroot}/${prefix}${user}/homedir",
    chown=>0,
    delete=>1,
    exclude=>'/tmp',
    verbose=>0);

If you search through the pkgacct script you will find the safesync subroutine and a list of parameters it will accept.

It should be noted that if you make changes to the pkgacct script then those changes will be overwritten when you do a cpanel update. You'll have to do some fancy work to get this to work. I'm not real good at teaching how to make script changes, but this might help you find a better way.

Also, I seem to recall there being something about CPanel not letting you modify the scripts in the scripts directory. So I don't really know if you will be able to make the changes at all without violating something. Other's on this forum might be able to give you a better idea on this issue. However, I don't know of any other way to access the exclude parameter without editting the script.