(sending again.. to include the mailing list)
Craig, thanks for the response!
I have already tested with unix-domain sockets and TCP. I disabled the
sockets when testing the TCP connection in a method similar to what
you've posted.
I get the same results either way.
Craig Barratt wrote:
> Bruce,
>
>
>> BackupPC_serverMesg status info
>>
>> The command just hangs. The strace information I provided shows that
>> it's hanging when trying to read input from the backuppc daemon.
>>
>
> By default the BackupPC programs use a unix-domain socket to
> communicate with the BackupPC server. Perhaps the unix-domain
> socket is broken on this system?
>
> You can use a TCP socket instead by setting $Conf{ServerPort} to
> an available port number (typically > 1024). You should also
> set $Conf{ServerMesgSecret}.
>
> However, the code always tries to connet using the unix domain
> socket first, so you need to disable that part of the code. Look
> in lib/BackupPC/Lib.pm, and in the function ServerConnect(),
> replace this code:
>
> #
> # First try the unix-domain socket
> #
> my $sockFile = "$bpc->{LogDir}/BackupPC.sock";
> socket(*FH, PF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0) || return "unix socket: $!";
> if ( !connect(*FH, sockaddr_un($sockFile)) ) {
>
> with
>
> #
> # First try the unix-domain socket
> #
> my $sockFile = "$bpc->{LogDir}/BackupPC.sock";
> #socket(*FH, PF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0) || return "unix socket: $!";
> if ( 1 ) {
>
> You will need to restart BackupPC after making these changes.
>
> Craig
>
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