Jacob S wrote:
> Bowie Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Gwenn Boussard wrote:
> > > Bowie Bailey wrote:
> > > > I am trying to back up a linux server using BackupPC and rsyncd.
> > > > [...]
> > > > srw------- 1 root nobody 0 Sep 12 2003
> > > > /tmp/.fam5niafV
> > >
> > > Do you really need to backup /tmp ?
> > > /home and /etc are sufficient most of the time, no ?
> > > Or you could exclude /dev /proc and /tmp...
> >
> > I excluded /tmp and that seems to have fixed it. I let the manual
> > dump run for a while before killing it. I will let a normal
> > scheduled backup run tonight and cross my fingers. :)
> >
> > In order to get the backup to work, I had to exclude /dev,
> > /proc, /var/gdm/.gdmfifo, and /tmp.
>
> This was discussed on this list a while back and was caused by an
> upgrade to rsync. Edit your config.pl or hostname.pl and change the
> "--devices" line in the $Conf{RsyncArgs} section to "-D".
>
> Newer versions of rsync change the flag required to backup special
> files, which is what causes the problem you mentioned.
Perfect! That seems to have done it. I'll know for sure after the
full backup runs tonight.
I did search the list archives for the original error that I got when
it hit /dev. I found a few posts about it, but no solution.
Thanks!
--
Bowie
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