On 10/5/20 9:57 AM, Craig Barratt wrote:
> Yes, the --config-dir option to configure.pl <http://configure.pl> should
> override the fhs default of /etc/BackupPC.
>
> Assuming configure.pl <http://configure.pl> runs successfully,
it _appears_ to ...
no errors that i've _noticed_.
all _other_ config items seem to be correctly picked up.
backuppc functions normally.
> it modifies lib/BackupPC/Lib.pm and replaces __CONFDIR__ (and also
> __TOPDIR__, __INSTALLDIR__ etc) with whatever was configured. So look near
> the top of that file to see what settings ended up there. Presumably it is
> incorrectly set to /etc/BackupPC, so something didn't work correct. All the
> other BackupPC programs inherit the values from there - there are no
> command-line options to override.
for my clean-install exec of
perl configure.pl --batch \
--backuppc-user wwwrun \
--config-dir /usr/local/etc/backuppc \
--cgi-dir /srv/apps/backuppc/cgi-bin \
--data-dir /data/backups/BackupPC \
--hostname backuppc.example.com \
--html-dir /srv/apps/backuppc/images \
--html-dir-url /images \
--install-dir /usr/local/BackupPC \
--log-dir /var/log/BackupPC \
--run-dir /run/BackupPC \
--scgi-port -1 \
--config-override CgiAdminUsers=\'ad...@example.com\' \
--config-override CgiAdminUserGroup=\'\' \
--config-override CgiNavBarAdminAllHosts=1 \
--config-override CgiSearchBoxEnable=0 \
--config-override CgiUserConfigEditEnable=0 \
--config-override EMailAdminUserName=\'postmas...@mx.example.com\' \
--config-override EMailNotifyMinDays=0.5 \
--config-override EMailNotifyOldBackupDays=3.0 \
--config-override PoolV3Enabled=0 \
--config-override RsyncBackupPCPath=\'/usr/bin/rsync_bpc\' \
--config-override SendmailPath=\'/usr/sbin/sendmail.postfix\' \
--config-override XferLogLevel=1 \
--config-override XferMethod=\'rsync\'
the installed
/usr/local/BackupPC/lib/BackupPC/Lib.pm
contains
...
# Version 4.4.0, released 20 Jun 2020.
#
# See http://backuppc.sourceforge.net.
#
#========================================================================
package BackupPC::Lib;
...
sub new
{
my $class = shift;
my($topDir, $installDir, $confDir, $noUserCheck) = @_;
#
# Whether to use filesystem hierarchy standard for file layout.
# If set, text config files are below /etc/BackupPC.
#
my $useFHS = 1;
my $paths;
#
# Set defaults for $topDir and $installDir.
#
$topDir = '/data/backups/BackupPC' if ( $topDir eq ""
); # updated by configure.pl
$installDir = '/usr/local/BackupPC' if ( $installDir eq "" );
# updated by configure.pl
#
# Pick some initial defaults. For FHS the only critical
# path is the ConfDir, since we get everything else out
# of the main config file.
#
if ( $useFHS ) {
$paths = {
useFHS => $useFHS,
TopDir => $topDir,
InstallDir => $installDir,
ConfDir => $confDir eq "" ? '/etc/BackupPC'
: $confDir, # updated by configure.pl
LogDir => '/var/log/BackupPC',
RunDir => '/var/run/BackupPC',
};
} else {
$paths = {
useFHS => $useFHS,
TopDir => $topDir,
InstallDir => $installDir,
ConfDir => $confDir eq "" ? "$topDir/conf" :
$confDir,
LogDir => "$topDir/log",
RunDir => "$topDir/log",
};
}
...
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