by Monica Franz.
Hi,
thanks for answering!
I run cli/automated_backups.php as the user moodle because the owner of the whole moodle directory is moodle!
I deleted the temp directory and set the backup time in the crontab to midnight and it runs fine till one special course. I'll have a look at the moodle_backup.xml file and try the watch command, as I also have root permissions.
I'll write to tell you what I could find!
Cheers,
Monica