Bash script to create backup for a particular user in VestaCP

Question

I want to create a bash script to create a backup file for a user in the MyVestCP control panel. The default backup bash script "v-backup-users" creates backups for all users. Is there any way to make it for one particular user?

Answer 1

If you check the "v-backup-users" file, you will find that it iterates over all users created by the admin in the MyVestaCP control panel. You can update the logic to iterate over the users you want to create backups for.

Here are the steps:

• Create a copy of the file "v-backup-users".
• In the file, search for the line "for user in $(grep '@' /etc/passwd |cut -f1 -d:); do" in the file.

Replace

for user in $(grep '@' /etc/passwd |cut -f1 -d:); do

with

x_users=('username')
for user in "${x_users[@]}"; do

Here, replace 'username' with your desired username.