From: Craig B. <cba...@us...> - 2008-07-10 18:54:55
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Jason writes: > If anyone has some guess where I can look for this problem I would > appreciate some help. Did you see my earlier reply? See below. > Examining the Xferlog I see that the rsync definately saw the /bin/sh > symlink during the transfer. > > create l 777 0/0 4 bin/sh -> bash Ok. Please email me the output of: ls -l TOPDIR/pc/HOST/NNN/fSHARE/fbin Is there a file fsh there? If so, what is the output of BackupPC_zcat TOPDIR/pc/HOST/NNN/fSHARE/fbin/fsh Also, please email me the file TOPDIR/pc/HOST/NNN/fSHARE/fbin/attrib. Craig ---------- Forwarded message ---------- To: Jason Jorgensen <ja...@fa...> From: Craig Barratt <cba...@us...> Cc: bac...@li... <bac...@li...> Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 02:00:22 -0700 Subj: Re: [BackupPC-users] Missing symlink backups, rsync+ssh Jason writes: > Searching the wiki, docs and web and I havent found an answer yet. > > Currently using BackupPC Version 3.0.0 on a Debian box. > > Backing up over 40 hosts. Has been working wonderful, thanks alot! > > My current problem is that not all symlinks are being backed up. > > This symlink is backed up: > /lib/libcrypt.so.1 -> /lib/libcrypt-2.3.6.so > > But this symlink is not backed up for any host: > /bin/sh -> bash > > The following are the default parameters rsync/backuppc is using. If I > use these parameters to clone one box to another box all the symlinks > are intact, but not in the backups. > --numeric-ids > --perms > --owner > --group > -D > --links > --hard-links > --times > --block-size=2048 > --recursive > --archive Sorry about the delay in replying. Hmmm, the default $Conf{RsyncArgs} doesn't include --archive. I'm not sure what side effects it might have. Two questions: - What version of rsync is on the client? - Do the symlinks appear when you browse the backup (ie: is this a restore problem or a backup problem)? If the symlinks don't appear when you browse the backup, try removing the --archive flag and run another full. If the symlinks do appear in the backup but not the restore, please send me the RestoreLOG file. Craig |