Out of curiosity, is there a difference (besides version/release of BackupPC) between the Fedora/EPEL rpm and the rpm available from Zmanda?
http://www.zmanda.com/download-backuppc.php Kris Lou k...@themusiclink.net On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 10:34 AM, Steve Blackwell <zep...@cfl.rr.com> wrote: > On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 21:08:23 +0200 > Johan Cwiklinski <maili...@x-tnd.be> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > Le 27/04/2010 20:30, Steve Blackwell a écrit : > > > BZ=bugzilla? > > > > > > > Yes :) That is a better place to report package specific issues, all > > of that SELinus stuff is not really BackupPC relevant. > > > > > I had alway run SELinux in permissive mode because of the problems I > > > was having. After talking with the SELinux folks and reinstalling > > > the targeted policy, I am now running in enforcing mode but I'm > > > experiencing these issues. > > > > > > > > >> By the way, I'm using backuppc with SELinux enabled under F-12 with > > >> exactly the same SELinux rules and files location ; and I do not > > >> have any problems so far. > > >> > > >> Basically, just run "restorecon -R -v /var/log/BackupPC" should > > >> does the trick ; files under that directory should be labelled > > >> "system_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0" (the contexts I have on > > >> my F-12 box) and of course have to be owned by "backuppc" user. > > >> > > > The files in my /var/log/BackupPC were labelled incorrectly and > > > restorecon wasn't changing anything. I don't know why that was but I > > > have fixed that now. Even after that, I was still getting write and > > > connectto denials on /var/log/BackupPC.sock. > > > > > > With the SELinux group's assistant I can now connect to the > > > BackupPc server but now BackupPC is not allowed to read the disk > > > where my backups are located. > > > > > > > Connection problems are strange, but indeed related to the pacakge > > itself. > > > > As for reading backup location... The package can only handle the > > default location. If that is changed (most of the cases for a backup > > system) you're in charge to check SELinux and right management > > issues ; any package can do it for you. > > > > As I'm not selinux lists subscriber, I do not know exactly what the > > probelm was, and what has been done to be solved. Maybe could you send > > me in private a link to the archives pointing to that particular > > discution? > > I have my connection problem solved. I'm still having other problems > though. > > > >> On the other hand, I would accept any help improving the > > >> Fedora/EPEL package with a great pleasure. > > >> > > > Well I have a little time so I'd be happy to help you. Just tell me > > > how. > > > > Strange paths made SELinux unhappy. > > I started to implement the ability to change the bindir at install > > time, but I failed... > > > > As far as I remember, BackupPC is not really FHS compliant beacause: > > - LOCK file stands in /var/log, > > - PID file stands in /var/log, > > - binaries stands in /usr/share. > > - maybe others I've forget/I've never seen > > > > Also, some kind of temporary files are created althought they should > > not (I'll have to investigate a bit to find out what was the problem). > > > > These corrrections would benefit directly to BackupPC project (for the > > next release) and to packaging (globally) ; in my opinion. > > > > > Thanks, > > > Steve > > > > > > > If you plan to make changes to BackupPC source code, you should use > > the current list (or more probably the devel one). > > If you have issues/questions/bugs/whatever about the package or > > SELinux issues, feel free to report them on the bugzilla (public > > reports would benefit to others I guess). > > Hmmm.... Perhaps I should have warned you. I have never done anything > like this before and I have no idea how to go about it. Is there a > Fedora packagers guide or something similar? > Also are the requests made by the SELinux folks captured in a bug > report? > > Steve > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > 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/ >
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