Hello Derek, thank you for that tip.
The problem was that the snapshot folder (hostname, username, profile nr) did not exist. When configuring BIT via GUI the GUI does create that folder structure. When editing the config file by yourself this does not happen. You have to run "backintime check-config --profile YOURS" once. Then it works. Anyway, I slightly modified the log output to make it more clear for the next user. Best Christian On 2024-08-18 17:16 Derek via Bit-dev <[email protected]> wrote: > That message appears to based on the result from Config.canBackup, > which has a few conditions that can cause it to return False. Maybe > putting some logging from within that can show which of those is > causing it or why. > > Derek > > > On Sunday, August 18th, 2024 at 4:33 AM, [email protected] > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > this is the first time I try to configure and run BIT (v1.5.2 from > > git repo) on a headless server. > > > > I get the errors like that in the debug output: > > > > DEBUG: [common/snapshots.py:851 backup] Cannot start snapshot yet: > > target directory not accessible. Waiting 1s. INFO: > > [common/snapshots.py:861 Snapshots.backup] Waited 29 seconds for > > target directory to be available WARNING: [common/snapshots.py:866 > > Snapshots.backup] Can't find snapshots folder! > > > > I am assuming that my BIT config is correct, but I am not sure. I > > am assuming that my permissions are not correct. But they do look > > OK for me and I can create files and folders in it. > > > > backup@OLAF:/mnt$ ls -ld /mnt/Nerys > > drwxrwxr-x 4 admin backup 4096 18. Aug 13:26 /mnt/Nerys > > > > backup@OLAF:/mnt$ ls -l /mnt/Nerys > > insgesamt 20 > > drwx------ 2 root root 16384 17. Aug 17:23 lost+found > > > > backup@OLAF:/mnt$ touch /mnt/Nerys/foo > > backup@OLAF:/mnt$ mkdir /mnt/Nerys/bar > > > > backup@OLAF:/mnt$ ls -l /mnt/Nerys > > insgesamt 20 > > drwxr-xr-x 2 backup backup 4096 18. Aug 13:26 bar > > -rw-r--r-- 1 backup backup 0 18. Aug 13:32 foo > > drwx------ 2 root root 16384 17. Aug 17:23 lost+found > > > > Any ideas? > > > > Best > > Christian > > _______________________________________________ > > Bit-dev mailing list -- [email protected] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/bit-dev.python.org/ > > Member address: [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > Bit-dev mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/bit-dev.python.org/ > Member address: [email protected] _______________________________________________ Bit-dev mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/bit-dev.python.org/ Member address: [email protected]
