Steve Blackwell wrote at about 13:27:17 -0400 on Wednesday, August 12, 2009: > On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:24:04 -0400 > "Jeffrey J. Kosowsky" <backu...@kosowsky.org> wrote: > > > Steve Blackwell wrote at about 11:18:36 -0400 on Wednesday, August > > 12, 2009: > > > On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:06:37 -0400 > > > "Jeffrey J. Kosowsky" <backu...@kosowsky.org> wrote: > > > > > > > Steve Blackwell wrote at about 08:49:23 -0400 on Wednesday, > > > > August 12, 2009: > > > > > Backuppc has been behaving strangely lately. This is another > > > > > instance. > > > > > > ... > > > > > 05:00:06 Running BackupPC_link steve (pid=8901) > > > > > 2009-08-12 05:00:08 BackupPC_link got error -3 when calling > > > > > > > MakeFileLink(/media/disk/pc/steve/151/f%2f/froot/f.gconf/fdesktop/fgnome/faccessibility/fkeyboard/f%25gconf.xml, > > > > > b32585c3cc30b7ebb556d335a08554e3, 1) > > > > > > > > > > followed by 100,000+ of the same error on different files > > > > > > > > > > What is going on here? > > > > > > > > > > > > > Error -3 means that calling the perl function link (between a > > > > file in the pool and a name in the pc tree) failed. > > > > > > > > Try manually doing something like the following from the command > > > > line: link > > > > b32585c3cc30b7ebb556d335a08554e3 > > /media/disk/pc/steve/151/f%2f/froot/f.gconf/fdesktop/fgnome/faccessibility/fkeyboard/f%25gconf.xml > > > > > > Where do I need to be to run this? > > > > >From the command line anywhere. Just type the command as-is. > > Actually type it as: > > su -u backuppc link ... > > > > so that it runs as user 'backuppc' > > If it works, you can undo it by typing: > > rm > > /media/disk/pc/steve/151/f%2f/froot/f.gconf/fdesktop/fgnome/faccessibility/fkeyboard/f%25gconf.xml > > (assuming the file didn't exist previously) > > su doesn't have a -u option. >
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