Hi, Jason Hughes wrote: > JW Smythe wrote: > > Ahhh, so I'm not crazy. :) > > > > I posted the same thing a few days ago.
and I replied off-list that setting > $Conf{ConfDir} = '/etc/BackupPC'; in the main config.pl probably means the config files will be put somewhere beneath there - I take it from Lorentz Hinrichsens message in the same thread that the actual location is "/etc/BackupPC/pc/$host.pl" (substitute the hostname for $host). > For what it's worth, I started with 2.1.2pl2 stable and had per-machine > configs for each machine working fine. When I installed the 3.0.0beta3 > as an upgrade OVER the existing install, it worked fine. Maybe there's > something different about the install script that differs between > upgrade and a fresh install? As I understand it, the whole point of the $Conf{ConfDir} configuration variable is to let you choose where your configuration will be kept. FHS wants it below /etc, BackupPC 2.x.x kept it below $Conf{TopDir} (except there was no $Conf{TopDir} in 2.x.x ;-), which has the advantage of being "near" the pool, i.e. possibly on a separate hard disk. I believe, the install script leaves existing configuration files where they are by adjusting $Conf{ConfDir}. For new installations, BackupPC follows FHS and puts them below /etc/BackupPC, setting $Conf{ConfDir} accordingly. Please note that I am mainly guessing from what I've read on this list, because I don't have a BackupPC 3.0.0 installation yet where I could check. Please correct me if I'm wrong. So, regarding "doc Hyde"s problem: > But with this latest "beta" version it seems like the file config.pl is not > being read. I modify it through vi and see no difference in the command > executed. When I attempt to modify it through the cgi interface, the changes > made on the screen do not appear in my config.pl file. > Is this there something that I am missing. I would guess that you are modifying (and looking at) files below /var/lib/backuppc, whereas BackupPC is using (and modifying) files below /etc/BackupPC. Check your setting of $Conf{ConfDir} in the main configuration file, which I would guess to be /etc/BackupPC/config.pl. Also note that it's probably $host.pl and not $host/config.pl (in my Debian packaged 2.1.1 it was also $host.pl; I have no idea whether that was Debian specific), though I wouldn't be surprised if both work equally or even in combination ;-). Regards, Holger ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/