Re: [BackupPC-users] Should you have to patch BackupPC/Lib.pm?

2007-05-23 Thread Randy Barlow
Randy Barlow wrote: > I've got a bug that I'm making my comments on about this problem at > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=141018 for anyone who is > interested. Sweet, I've got it I think. Under Gentoo, it is customary to use /etc/backuppc and not /etc/BackupPC, and I think that me ch

Re: [BackupPC-users] Should you have to patch BackupPC/Lib.pm?

2007-05-23 Thread Randy Barlow
Tony Shadwick wrote: > I don't have a lot of time to keep creating > patches, and I don't actually know *how* to properly create a patch. :P First off, thanks for sending your changes to the file. I just woke up (I have a very strange sleep schedule!) so I will get to work to see if that fixes

[BackupPC-users] cgi interface question

2007-05-23 Thread vasiliy
Guys, trying to "NOT" backup a file called "core" anywhere on the system. In the interface, its letting me create a key, then a name. Can I just do "*" for key and "core" for name? THANKS! - This SF.net email is sponsored

Re: [BackupPC-users] backing up Solaris 8 via tar problem

2007-05-23 Thread vasiliy
On Wed, 23 May 2007 12:41:46 -0500 Les Mikesell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Running: /usr/bin/ssh -q -x -n -l root secint10 env >> LC_ALL=C /usr/bin/tar -c -v -f - -C /etc --totals >> --exclude=./core . >> full backup started for directory /etc >> Xfer PIDs are n

Re: [BackupPC-users] Clearing old backups

2007-05-23 Thread David Williams
Yes, that is probably it. I don't think my files change that much. Thanks for the speedy responses :) David Williams -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom Sent: Wednesday, Ma

Re: [BackupPC-users] Clearing old backups

2007-05-23 Thread Curt Grimley
Maybe the pooling? If you have three full backups, any identical files are cross-linked to optimize storage. I would guestimate that more than 90% of files from one full backup to the next are unchanged. My BackupPC pool represents 186GB (see "full backups/incr backups" report on "host summary pag

Re: [BackupPC-users] Clearing old backups

2007-05-23 Thread Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom
On 05/23 01:00 , David Williams wrote: > I seem to be having a problem with space being cleared when old backups are > removed. For example, I just changed my config files for the 2 hosts I am > backing up to only keep 2 full backups (instead of 3) and 6 incremental > backups (instead of 14). Whe

Re: [BackupPC-users] backing up Solaris 8 via tar problem

2007-05-23 Thread Les Mikesell
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Running: /usr/bin/ssh -q -x -n -l root secint10 env > LC_ALL=C /usr/bin/tar -c -v -f - -C /etc --totals > --exclude=./core . > full backup started for directory /etc > Xfer PIDs are now 5876,5875 > tar: -v: No such file or directory > tar: -f: No such file or directory

[BackupPC-users] Clearing old backups

2007-05-23 Thread David Williams
Hi, I seem to be having a problem with space being cleared when old backups are removed. For example, I just changed my config files for the 2 hosts I am backing up to only keep 2 full backups (instead of 3) and 6 incremental backups (instead of 14). When backuppc ran last night I can see in

[BackupPC-users] backing up Solaris 8 via tar problem

2007-05-23 Thread vasiliy
Running: /usr/bin/ssh -q -x -n -l root secint10 env LC_ALL=C /usr/bin/tar -c -v -f - -C /etc --totals --exclude=./core . full backup started for directory /etc Xfer PIDs are now 5876,5875 tar: -v: No such file or directory tar: -f: No such file or directory tar: -: No such file or directory tar:

Re: [BackupPC-users] Should you have to patch BackupPC/Lib.pm?

2007-05-23 Thread Tony Shadwick
> > ... shouldn't you simply change ... > >ConfDir=> $confDir eq "" ? '/usr/local/etc/BackupPC' : > $confDir, I could, but I was trying to keep the sources pristine so that upgrades don't require much in the way of manual intervention (ie, creating a new patch file for eac

Re: [BackupPC-users] Should you have to patch BackupPC/Lib.pm?

2007-05-23 Thread Les Mikesell
Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote: > On 05/23 02:59 , Nils Breunese (Lemonbit) wrote: >> I also prefer not to install software from source, but BackupPC is so >> great that I gladly made an exception. If anyone knows of a >> repository packaging BackupPC for RHEL/CentOS that'd be great. Maybe >>

Re: [BackupPC-users] Should you have to patch BackupPC/Lib.pm?

2007-05-23 Thread Holger Parplies
Hi, Tony Shadwick wrote on 23.05.2007 at 09:34:05 [Re: [BackupPC-users] Should you have to patch BackupPC/Lib.pm?]: > Sure thing. This is what sub new() looks like in my Lib.pm: I didn't take a close look at what you've changed, but as for ... > Also, I wound up cheating a bit, and did a symli

Re: [BackupPC-users] Should you have to patch BackupPC/Lib.pm?

2007-05-23 Thread Tony Shadwick
Sure thing. This is what sub new() looks like in my Lib.pm: sub new { my $class = shift; my($topDir, $installDir, $confDir, $noUserCheck) = @_; # # Whether to use filesystem hierarchy standard for file layout. # If set, text config files are below /etc/BackupPC. #

Re: [BackupPC-users] Should you have to patch BackupPC/Lib.pm?

2007-05-23 Thread Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom
On 05/23 02:59 , Nils Breunese (Lemonbit) wrote: > I also prefer not to install software from source, but BackupPC is so > great that I gladly made an exception. If anyone knows of a > repository packaging BackupPC for RHEL/CentOS that'd be great. Maybe > rpmforge, EPEL or centos.karan.org wo

Re: [BackupPC-users] Should you have to patch BackupPC/Lib.pm?

2007-05-23 Thread Nils Breunese (Lemonbit)
Randy Barlow wrote: Tony Shadwick wrote: We need to get this worked out though. To be this close to having a proper installer and stuck on this silly detailtsk. :P Yes sir :) I prefer not to install things outside of my packager :) I also prefer not to install software from source, b

Re: [BackupPC-users] Should you have to patch BackupPC/Lib.pm?

2007-05-23 Thread Randy Barlow
Tony Shadwick wrote: > As you're seeing > below, configure.pl seems to ignore pathing of the config file. :\ > I simply passed the parameter of the actual path inside Lib.pm, and > everything has worked well since. I've got a bug that I'm making my comments on about this problem at http://bugs

Re: [BackupPC-users] Should you have to patch BackupPC/Lib.pm?

2007-05-23 Thread Tony Shadwick
I gave up and just patched it for personal use. I was going to come back to it when I had time to finish up patching it. As you're seeing below, configure.pl seems to ignore pathing of the config file. :\ I simply passed the parameter of the actual path inside Lib.pm, and everything has worke

Re: [BackupPC-users] Should you have to patch BackupPC/Lib.pm?

2007-05-23 Thread Randy Barlow
Tony Shadwick wrote: > I run into problems however when attempting to start backuppc. I've > seen references to it on the net in various places. all pointing execing > as the wrong user: > > backup# perl BackupPC > No language setting > BackupPC::Lib->new failed I am working on writing a Gento

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC-users Digest, Vol 13, Issue 30

2007-05-23 Thread Regis Gras
> > > >I keep getting this but I've checked all the settings several times. >Got fatal error during xfer (auth failed on module bitt) > >This is in my settings >$Conf{RsyncShareName} = [ > 'bitt' >]; >$Conf{XferMethod} = 'rsyncd'; >$Conf{RsyncdUserName} = 'backuppc'; >$Conf{RsyncdPasswd} = 'dd3479