Package: rsnapshot
Version: 1.5.1-2
Severity: normal
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]
Dear Maintainer,
* What led up to the situation?
I added a new line, 'rsync_long_args --one-file-system', to my
rsnapshot.conf file.
* What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
ineffective)?
I then let a day's backups run. When those backups filled the logical volume to
which I back up, I investigated, and remediated.
* What was the outcome of this action?
Backups for a given directory ended up in the localhost directory, not the
target directory below localhost. E.g. for the line
backup /home/ localhost/
files in /home ended up in localhost, not in localhost/home, where they had
been going previously.
To replicate:
* Install a new virtual machine.
* Install rsnapshot. I increased verbosity and log level, and set up a log
file, but these two are not necessary for the experiment. Do *not* add the
one-file-system line. Run a backup:
rsnapshot alpha
* When that finishes, verify that you have the proper directory tree:
ls /var/cache/rsnapshot/alpha.0/localhost
You should see just a few directories, as specified in your configuration file.
* Now add the one-file-system line, and re-run the backup. Re-run the ls. You
should now see a lot of files in localhost that don't belong there.
Note: I have made no effort to determine if this is a bug in rsnapshot or in
rsync.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: forky/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 7.0.13+deb14-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages rsnapshot depends on:
ii liblchown-perl 1.01-4+b4
ii perl 5.40.1-8
ii rsync 3.4.4+ds1-1
Versions of packages rsnapshot recommends:
ii anacron 2.3-50
ii cron [cron-daemon] 3.0pl1-209
ii logrotate 3.22.0-1
ii openssh-client [ssh-client] 1:10.3p1-4
rsnapshot suggests no packages.
-- Configuration Files:
/etc/rsnapshot.conf changed:
config_version 1.2
snapshot_root /var/cache/rsnapshot/
cmd_cp /usr/bin/cp
cmd_rm /usr/bin/rm
cmd_rsync /usr/bin/rsync
cmd_logger /usr/bin/logger
retain alpha 6
retain beta 7
retain gamma 4
verbose 3
loglevel 4
logfile /var/log/rsnapshot.log
lockfile /var/run/rsnapshot.pid
rsync_long_args --one-file-system
backup /home/ localhost/
backup /etc/ localhost/
backup /usr/local/ localhost/
-- no debconf information
