Re: /etc/exclude.gtar is ignored!
On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 08:25:31AM +0200, Turgut Kalfaoglu wrote: > > Hi there. I backup a system, and I notice that it complains about 'unusual > or strange backup result' during the email. These are files I forgot to > exclude; things like logs, that change during the backup. > So, I added them to /etc/exclude.gtar which is defined properly in > amanda.conf in 'server-tar', the exclude.gtar is stored at the client, and > I am running the client as root (so that it has access to everything), and > amcheck shows no problems. yet, every day I keep getting complaints about > the same files; like ./apache/cgi-bin/openwebmail/etc/sessions/blah has > changed. well, in exclude.gtar I have: > ./apache/cgi-bin/openwebmail/etc/sessions > and I assumed that this should have stopped everything under 'sessions' > from being backed up? > > I checked the wording, in fact, I did cut/paste from the error emails. > I'm obviously missing something! Can anyone help? Questions and a possible theory. 1. Is the file "/etc/exclude.gtar" mentioned in your amanda.conf with an 'exclude list' or an 'exclude file'? 2. Are any files in /etc/exclude.gtar being excluded? 3. Might your session/* files still being excluded despite the strange messages? I.e. are they listed in the index files? My reason for question 3 relates to my theory. Not knowing the gnutar code, I wonder if it might first notice the change in the file, print its stderr message, and later realize it was a file to be excluded and not backup the file anyway? Just musing! -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 4455 Province Line Road(609) 252-0159 Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax)
Re: /etc/exclude.gtar is ignored!
Turgut Kalfaoglu wrote:
Hi there. I backup a system, and I notice that it complains about 'unusual
or strange backup result' during the email. These are files I forgot to
exclude; things like logs, that change during the backup.
So, I added them to /etc/exclude.gtar which is defined properly in
amanda.conf in 'server-tar', the exclude.gtar is stored at the client, and
I am running the client as root (so that it has access to everything), and
amcheck shows no problems. yet, every day I keep getting complaints about
the same files; like ./apache/cgi-bin/openwebmail/etc/sessions/blah has
changed. well, in exclude.gtar I have:
./apache/cgi-bin/openwebmail/etc/sessions
and I assumed that this should have stopped everything under 'sessions'
from being backed up?
I checked the wording, in fact, I did cut/paste from the error emails.
I'm obviously missing something! Can anyone help?
Obviously there is something wrong. But besides telling us everything
is allright, you didn't prove it to us.
Show the exact errors, show the exact configs, instead of saying "they
are defined properly". Also mentioning the program version(s) can help
sometimes.
In the worst case, you get a second opinion about the correctness,
and in the best case, we notice the error.
One strange thing already is that you run the client as root. That's
not the way it should be done. In fact there is code in amandad.c (line
148-167) to avoid this. The "runtar" and "rundump" programs in libexec
should be installed suid-root however, just to overcome the limitation
about access to all files.
But I guess this has nothing to do with the exclude problem.
A common error with excludes is the omission of the "list" keyword
when specifying a file with a list of excludes.
hour.host /the/directory {
comp-user-tar
exclude list "/etc/exclude.gtar"
}
Without the "list" keyword, the file itself would be excluded, which
actually never matches, because the patterns need to start with a dot.
--
Paul @ Home
/etc/exclude.gtar is ignored!
Hi there. I backup a system, and I notice that it complains about 'unusual or strange backup result' during the email. These are files I forgot to exclude; things like logs, that change during the backup. So, I added them to /etc/exclude.gtar which is defined properly in amanda.conf in 'server-tar', the exclude.gtar is stored at the client, and I am running the client as root (so that it has access to everything), and amcheck shows no problems. yet, every day I keep getting complaints about the same files; like ./apache/cgi-bin/openwebmail/etc/sessions/blah has changed. well, in exclude.gtar I have: ./apache/cgi-bin/openwebmail/etc/sessions and I assumed that this should have stopped everything under 'sessions' from being backed up? I checked the wording, in fact, I did cut/paste from the error emails. I'm obviously missing something! Can anyone help? thanks! -turgut - Turgut Kalfaoglu: http://www.kalfaoglu.com EgeNet Internet Services: http://www.egenet.com.tr
