How to get checkboxes for precpbackup & postcpbackup to show in WHM?

[sneader]

On all but one of my servers I have, under Backup > Configure Backup:

Execute Pre/Post Backup Script
[x] /scripts/precpbackup
[x] /scripts/postcpbackup

On one server, those checkboxes are missing. I read somewhere that if I create /scripts/precpbackup and /scripts/postcpbackup that it will then magically show up, but after touching both files, then going back to the Configure Backup screen, those checkboxes are not there.

Further, I added some commands to /scripts/postcpbackup, and after the nightly backup last night, it did not fire (based on looking in the backup log at /usr/local/cpanel/logs/cpbackup.

Clearly I'm missing something, but I don't know what it is. Thoughts?

- Scott

 

[Infopro]

Hi Scott, check permissions on the files for the magic.

 

[Infopro]

I enabled this on a server with backups not enabled yesterday. This morning I got this note from the server:

The backup process has detected the existence of /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/precpbackup. In earlier versions of cpbackup,
this script would be executed prior to any checks or verifications and would be executed regardless of
whether the backups were up to date.

If you are certain that you would like to retain this deprecated behavior, then please edit the configuration
file /etc/cpbackup.conf and add or replace the setting for "PREBACKUP" so that the value is "-1". The following
shell command executed on the system will perform this task:

echo "PREBACKUP -1" >> /etc/cpbackup.conf

Until the configuration file is updated, the legacy behavior will be retained and you will continue to receive
this message once per day each time the backup process is executed.

Please visit /https://host.domain.com:2087/scripts/backupset to adjust your backup configuration.

 

[sneader]

You earned the ability to retain the title of Infopro! Indeed, it was a permissions problem. The instructions I read simply said to create /scripts/postcpbackup and the magic would occur. They neglected to say that the file needed 755 permissions. As soon as I changed it, BOOM it shows up!

Thank you kind sir. I look forward to buying your first Cake Vodka in New Orleans (if you survive Germany)

- Scott

 

[Infopro]

You're on! :D