I just wanted to follow up on this issue now that I have figured out the
cause.
I figured out why my per-host files weren't being used. It's always the
subtle things. :) I have been using backuppc since about 2004 or 2005. So
back then, I'm not sure whether it was in backuppc itself or in the Debian
package, /etc/backuppc/pc was a symlink to /etc/backuppc. So I had 15 years
of dropping the per-host files into /etc/backuppc. I manually set up a host
and realized that it was being put into pc, so I put my host files in pc,
and am now getting things dialed in.
Thanks,
--b
On Mon, Jul 26, 2021 at 3:05 AM Dave Sherohman <dave.sheroh...@ub.lu.se>
wrote:
> Per-host config files are working fine for me. Maybe your RsyncClientCmd
> has the rsync path hardcoded in it instead of referencing $rsyncPath?
>
> My environment is mostly-linux with a few BSD-based hosts and, to just
> pick a <client>.pl that contains "local" at random-ish, I have:
>
> $Conf{RsyncClientPath} = 'sudo /usr/local/bin/rsync';
> # $Conf{RsyncClientPath} = 'sudo /tmp/rsync';
> $Conf{RsyncClientCmd} = '$sshPath $host nice $rsyncPath $argList+';
> $Conf{RsyncClientRestoreCmd} = '$sshPath $host nice $rsyncPath $argList+';
>
>
> On 7/24/21 6:27 AM, Brad Alexander wrote:
>
>
> I ran across what appears to be the reason for the issue that I am having.
> I found the following issue in my console:
>
> /var/log/console.log:Jul 23 23:52:11 danube kernel: Jul 23 23:52:11 danube
> sudo[2
> 866]: backuppc : command not allowed ; PWD=/usr/home/backuppc ; USER=root
> ; COMMA
> ND=/usr/bin/rsync --server --sender -slHogDtprcxe.iLsfxC
>
> I don't quite understand it. It appears that
>
> $Conf{RsyncClientPath} = 'sudo /usr/bin/rsync';
>
> in my config.pl is overriding
>
> $Conf{RsyncClientPath} = 'sudo /usr/local/bin/rsync';
>
> in my freebsd hosts .pl files. Are per-host config files no longer
> supported? Is there another way to specify the path for the rsync command
> on a per-host or per-OS basis?
>
> Thanks,
> --b
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 4:28 PM Brad Alexander <stor...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I have been running BackupPC 3.x for many years on a Debian Linux box. I
>> just expanded my TrueNAS box with larger drives, grew my pool, and am in
>> the process of converting from BackupPC 3.3.1 on the dedicated server (that
>> has gotten a bit snug on the drive space) to a 4.4.0 install in a FreeBSD
>> jail on my TrueNAS box, using the guide at
>> https://www.truenas.com/community/threads/quickstart-guide-for-backuppc-4-in-a-jail-on-freenas.74080/,
>> and another page for the changes needed for rsync. I am backing up both
>> FreeBSD and Linux boxes.
>>
>> So at this point, the linux boxes are backing up on the 4.4 installation,
>> but the FreeBSD boxes are not. Both are working on the 3.3.1 machine. I
>> transferred all of my <hostname>.pl files from the old backup box to the
>> 4.4.0 jail, and they are identical to the old configs. So does anyone have
>> any ideas about what could be happening? I have a log of an iteration of
>> the backup test at
>>
>> https://pastebin.com/KLKxGYT1
>> It is stopping to ask for a password, which it shouldn't be doing, unless
>> it is looking for rsync_bpc on the client machines.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> --b
>>
>
>
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