Hi, Johan Ehnberg wrote on 2009-04-08 13:32:23 +0300 [Re: [BackupPC-users] Here my log]: > > [...] > > I would like to get some more detailed log about the "DumpPreUserCmd" > > (which reads: ssh $@ 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null && echo "SSH started > > successfully.") because I don't know if the ssh tunnel effectively gets > > opened and *remains* open. > > > > How do I debug this further? > > For testing, you can remove the "1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null" from the > script to see the output of SSH. Note that the backup will not proceed > like this as SSH can't be backgrounded without redirecting the output.
it doesn't seem like ssh actually *is* backgrounded. I didn't read the tutorial and haven't played around with this, so I'm not quite sure *what* you would want to background to keep the tunnel open [long enough]. You would obviously need to background *something*, otherwise BackupPC would wait for the tunnel to close and the DumpPreUserCmd to finish before proceeding with the backup, wouldn't it? - The "sleep" on the client? That wouldn't help, because "ssh" wouldn't terminate before "sleep" is done. - The "ssh" command? Then how do you know whether it started successfully? - The script which starts ssh (or, equivalently, the "ssh && echo" sequence)? How do you tell BackupPC whether the "ssh" was successful (return code of the DumpPreUserCmd, determining whether to proceed with the backup or not)? Regards, Holger ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/