Glad to hear that and the details and improvement. Derek
On Tuesday, August 20th, 2024 at 12:23 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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] _______________________________________________ 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]
