Re: [BackupPC-users] included conf-files

[Steve W. <swa...@ls...>]

On Tuesday, July 15, 2003, at 03:19 AM, Lammersdorf, Lorenz wrote:
> hi all,
>
> just another question about inclucing per-pc conf-files. i have to 
> backup 3
> servers:
>
> host        dhcp    user    moreUsers
> 130.7.42.17	0	supervisor
> 130.7.42.18	0	supervisor
> 130.7.42.19	0	supervisor
>
> so i made 3 cnfig.pl's that are placed in a directory called
> /raid/backuppc/conf/machinename/.
> my /raid/backuppc/conf/config.pl contains the following do-statements:
>
> $Conf{SmbShareName} = '';
> do '/raid/backuppc2/conf/130.7.42.17/config.pl';
> do '/raid/backuppc2/conf/130.7.42.18/config.pl';
> do '/raid/backuppc2/conf/130.7.42.19/config.pl';
>
> but unfortunatly, all machines try to mount the SmbShareName specified 
> in
> the 3rd config.pl (from machine 130.7.42.19). what's my mistake?
>
> thnks
>
> lorenz

Your path names look a little odd to me, but I just recently started 
using BackupPC, so there might have been a change in the migration to 
version 2.0.0. What has worked for me is to create a master config file 
/usr/local/backuppc-data/conf/config.pl that contains the default 
settings. Then for each system that needs a slightly different config, 
place only the changes into 
/usr/local/backuppc-data/pc/computername/config.pl. You shouldn't need 
and do statements or anything like that. The server automatically scans 
for these per-PC config files and reads the data when necessary. It 
appears as though you would just create a file called 
/raid/backuppc2/pc/130.7.42.17/config.pl to override any default 
settings. Don't put anything in the per-PC config file that is really a 
default or you'll potentially run into trouble. (Ask me how I know. :-)

You would use an include file in the per-PC config file if you wanted 
to make a common set of modifications to numerous clients and didn't 
want to worry about keeping them in-sync with the various per-PC config 
files. In this case, you would put the include statements in the per-PC 
config files and not in the global config file.

Steve