On 12/21/23 11:15, Tom Moore wrote:
I have files on the server that is running BackupPC that I
would like to back up. I see from the sourceforge faq
that this is possible, and there is a good example for
using tar:
https://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/localhost.html
The files that I want to backup are under the /raid
folder, except that I want to exclude the files in
/raid/share/tmp:
$Conf{BackupFilesOnly} = '/raid';
$Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = '/raid/share/tmp';
I was able to get the BackupPC tar transfer method working
on the localhost. So far so good.
I would like to set this up for the rsync transfer method
since there are a lot of files to back up and rsync is
supposed to be more efficient in a number of ways. I made
the following changes to the host config file:
$Conf{XferMethod} = "rsync";
$Conf{RsyncClientPath} = "sudo /usr/bin/rsync";
$Conf{RsyncSshArgs} = ['-e', ''];
I have also added a line to the sudoers file
backuppc ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/rsync
When I try to run a backup it fails and I end up with the
following error message in the log file:
Running: /usr/bin/rsync_bpc --bpc-top-dir
/var/lib/BackupPC/ --bpc-host-name phoenix
--bpc-share-name /raid --bpc-bkup-num 1 --bpc-bkup-comp 3
--bpc-bkup-prevnum -1 --bpc-bkup-prevcomp -1
--bpc-bkup-inode0 9040190 --bpc-log-level 1
--bpc-attrib-new -e --rsync-path=sudo\ /usr/bin/rsync
--super --recursive --protect-args --numeric-ids --perms
--owner --group -D --times --links --hard-links --delete
--delete-excluded --one-file-system --partial
--log-format=log:\ %o\ %i\ %B\ %8U,%8G\ %9l\ %f%L --stats
--iconv=utf8,UTF-8 --timeout=72000 --include=/raid
--exclude=/\* --exclude=/raid/share/tmp phoenix:/raid/ /
incr backup started for directory /raid
Xfer PIDs are now 24843
This is the rsync child about to exec /usr/bin/rsync_bpc
rsync_bpc: Failed to exec phoenix: No such file or
directory (2)
Any ideas about what is going wrong here? The localhost
is named phoenix, and 'ping phoenix' works, as does
'nslookup phoenix'.
I have this:
$Conf{RsyncSshArgs} = [
'-e',
'/usr/bin/sudo -p'
];
For backing up the local host.
--
Jim KR
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