Backups under linux emulation
Dear misc: I'm attempting to use (EMC) Legato Networker to backup one of my OpenBSD boxes. Since there's no OpenBSD binary, and Networker isn't open source, I'm using the Linux binary uner Linux emulation. The binary executes fine, and the OpenBSD box and Legato server are communicating perfectly. Backups work, but with one major problem: Legato backs up files by crawling the file system, starting at / going into each directory and backing up files as it finds them. The problem that I'm having is that, under linux emulation, the emulator first checks to see if a file/directory exists under /emul/linux. So, when the backup software tries to back up /var, it ends up backing up /emul/linux/var, and my actual /var never gets backed up. I have the same problem in /usr, and so on. Is there some method/way around this problem? How can I make my Linux binary back up the actual /var rather than /emul/linux/var? Thanks for the help. Michael
Re: Backups under linux emulation
On Wed, 25 Jan 2006, Michael Favinsky wrote: Dear misc: I'm attempting to use (EMC) Legato Networker to backup one of my OpenBSD boxes. Since there's no OpenBSD binary, and Networker isn't open source, I'm There is an openbsd client. We're using it (nwclient-6.0.2-openbsd-i386.tgz). I'm going to ask around to find out how we got it. Apparently it's not supported but works fine. -rick using the Linux binary uner Linux emulation. The binary executes fine, and the OpenBSD box and Legato server are communicating perfectly. Backups work, but with one major problem: Legato backs up files by crawling the file system, starting at / going into each directory and backing up files as it finds them. The problem that I'm having is that, under linux emulation, the emulator first checks to see if a file/directory exists under /emul/linux. So, when the backup software tries to back up /var, it ends up backing up /emul/linux/var, and my actual /var never gets backed up. I have the same problem in /usr, and so on. Is there some method/way around this problem? How can I make my Linux binary back up the actual /var rather than /emul/linux/var? Thanks for the help. Michael
Re: Backups under linux emulation
Rick, this is good news. If you can provide me some more info on where you got it I'd be grateful. One thing you should be aware of: 6.0.2 has known vulnerabilities, per http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14582. I suppose that's the price paid when running older unsuppoted software. I'd be a bit concerned about installing exploitable 6.0.2 on one of my servers. -Original Message- From: Rick Aliwalas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 1:25 PM To: Michael Favinsky Cc: misc@openbsd.org Subject: Re: Backups under linux emulation On Wed, 25 Jan 2006, Michael Favinsky wrote: Dear misc: I'm attempting to use (EMC) Legato Networker to backup one of my OpenBSD boxes. Since there's no OpenBSD binary, and Networker isn't open source, I'm There is an openbsd client. We're using it (nwclient-6.0.2-openbsd-i386.tgz). I'm going to ask around to find out how we got it. Apparently it's not supported but works fine. -rick using the Linux binary uner Linux emulation. The binary executes fine, and the OpenBSD box and Legato server are communicating perfectly. Backups work, but with one major problem: Legato backs up files by crawling the file system, starting at / going into each directory and backing up files as it finds them. The problem that I'm having is that, under linux emulation, the emulator first checks to see if a file/directory exists under /emul/linux. So, when the backup software tries to back up /var, it ends up backing up /emul/linux/var, and my actual /var never gets backed up. I have the same problem in /usr, and so on. Is there some method/way around this problem? How can I make my Linux binary back up the actual /var rather than /emul/linux/var? Thanks for the help. Michael
