On Wed, Feb 17, 2010, Gerardo Herzig wrote: >Hi all. This looks like a common question. I want to backup a dir, in >which i put some symlinks, so it looks like > >machinegun:/tmp/daily_backup # ls -la >total 8 >drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-02-17 17:41 . >drwxrwxrwt 19 root root 4096 2010-02-17 17:30 .. >lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 2010-02-17 17:41 cgi-bin -> /srv/www/cgi-bin >lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 2010-02-17 17:17 etc -> /etc > >This is the rsyncd.conf >[backup] >path = /tmp/daily_backup >comment = Dir for backupear >auth users = backup >hosts allow = 10.10.8.105 >secrets file = /etc/rsyncd.secrets >read only = true > > >So, when i try to rsync from 10.10.8.105: >gher...@10.10.8.105:/tmp/bkp> rsync -avz --copy-links >bac...@machinegun::backup . >receiving file list ... symlink has no referent: "/cgi-bin" (in backup) >rsync: readlink_stat("/etc" (in backup)) failed: Too many levels of >symbolic links (40)
Set ``use chroot = yes'' in your module definition above. This keeps symlinks intact, and doesn't have any interaction with the host system. I normally use the options ``--delete-excluded -aHrxF'' which preserves hard links, and uses .rsync-filter files to exclude things like pid files and other cruft that shouldn't be copied. Bill -- INTERNET: b...@celestial.com Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way Voice: (206) 236-1676 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820 Fax: (206) 232-9186 Skype: jwccsllc (206) 855-5792 The law becomes the weapon of every kind of greed. Instead of checking crime, the law itself is guilty of the evils it is supposed to punish. -- Frederic Bastiat, The Law -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html