Restic: Restic still ask for password when is set to .bashrc
Output of restic version
restic 0.9.6 compiled with go1.13.4 on linux/amd64
How did you run restic exactly?
restic -r backups/ snapshots
What backend/server/service did you use to store the repository?
I store the backups in local machine, in backups directory
Expected behavior
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restic -r backups/ snapshots
repository a59cec13 opened successfully, password is correct
ID Time Host Tags Paths
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94b78cGh 2020-03-05 13:24:10 osw /var/www/standard
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1 snapshots
I want that restic reads the RESTIC_PASSWORD properly
I have set the RESTIC_PASSWORD in .bashrc file in order to let cron do backups automatly, but always ask for a password if I do not do RESTIC_PASSWORD=$RESTIC_PASSWORD
Actual behavior
Restic ask for a passwod
Steps to reproduce the behavior
Set restic password in .bashrc and then run source ~/.basrc and run restic -r /foo snapshots
Do you have any idea what may have caused this?
No
Do you have an idea how to solve the issue?
I have solved with this workaround export RESTIC_PASSWORD=$RESTIC && restic -r ....
RafaelAybar
All 3 comments
I've just tried it out and it's working for me. Maybe you have a typo in your .bashrc?
dimejo
on 6 Mar 2020
@RafaelAybar You also need to export RESTIC_PASSWORD in your bashrc. Otherwise bash won't pass on the environment variable to restic.
MichaelEischer
on 7 Mar 2020
I've just tried it out and it's working for me. Maybe you have a typo in your .bashrc?
No, but i need to export RESTIC_PASSWORD=$RESTIC_PASSWORD when I log out and log in again
RafaelAybar
on 12 Mar 2020
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Most helpful comment
@RafaelAybar You also need to
export RESTIC_PASSWORDin your bashrc. Otherwise bash won't pass on the environment variable to restic.