run tar commands via sudo

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/app/models/backup_job.rb b/app/models/backup_job.rb
index 96574a7..91345e5 100644
--- a/app/models/backup_job.rb
+++ b/app/models/backup_job.rb
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class BackupJob < ActiveRecord::Base
       if tmp_backup_directory.blank?
         self.state = 'failed'
       else
-        system "cd #{backup_directory} && tar czf #{backup_name_prefix}#{File.basename(tmp_backup_directory)}.tar.gz #{File.basename(tmp_backup_directory)}"
+        system "cd #{backup_directory} && sudo /usr/bin/tar czf #{backup_name_prefix}#{File.basename(tmp_backup_directory)}.tar.gz #{File.basename(tmp_backup_directory)}"
         require 'fileutils'
         FileUtils.rm_rf tmp_backup_directory
         file = File::Stat.new("#{backup_directory}/#{backup_name_prefix}#{File.basename(tmp_backup_directory)}.tar.gz")