Mark Edwards wrote at about 22:32:38 -0700 on Saturday, March 19, 2011: > -----Original Message----- > From: Les Mikesell [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2011 7:36 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] File size disappears after moving TopDir > > On 3/19/11 7:23 PM, Scott wrote: > > So I know for sure it is a path issue somewhere - I can see errors in > > the log that it is trying to to a linknewfile and referencing the > /var/lib/backuppc and > > getting permission denied because that directory does not exist anymore. > I > > already defined $Conf ( TopDir ) , is there anything else / any where > else? > > > > This was just answered here: > http://www.backupcentral.com/phpBB2/two-way-mirrors-of-external-mailing-list > s-3/backuppc-21/cpool-pc-directories-and-backuppc-statistics-generation-1106 > 14/ > > So, is this basically a pre-3.2.x bug? The $Conf{TopDir} variable should be > configuring this, right? Why is Lib.pm failing to get this setting? > > I originally had my NFS mount point targeting /var/lib/backuppc, but this > caused hangs on reboot because the system (Ubuntu 10.4) couldn't resolve the > NFS share in /etc/fstab, which let me to using autofs. > > I just want to have my backuppc pool on an NFS mount. Can someone suggest a > working configuration?
Can't you just link TopDir (e.g., /var/lib/BackupPC) to your NFS mount? That is the recommended approach even in 3.2.x ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Colocation vs. Managed Hosting A question and answer guide to determining the best fit for your organization - today and in the future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
