Hi,
I using rsnapshot 1.2.1 under Gentoo and I haven't been able to get it
to work. This is my rsnapshot.conf file:
START rsnapshot.conf-------------------------------------
#################################################
# rsnapshot.conf - rsnapshot configuration file #
#################################################
# #
# PLEASE BE AWARE OF THE FOLLOWING RULES: #
# #
# This file requires tabs between elements #
# #
# Directories require a trailing slash: #
# right: /home/ #
# wrong: /home #
# #
#################################################
#######################
# CONFIG FILE VERSION #
#######################
config_version 1.2
###########################
# SNAPSHOT ROOT DIRECTORY #
###########################
# All snapshots will be stored under this root directory.
snapshot_root /mnt/rsnapshot/backups/
# If no_create_root is enabled, rsnapshot will not automatically create the
# snapshot_root directory. This is particularly useful if you are backing
# up to removable media, such as a FireWire drive.
#
#no_create_root 1
#################################
# EXTERNAL PROGRAM DEPENDENCIES #
#################################
# LINUX USERS: Be sure to uncomment "cmd_cp". This gives you extra
features.
# EVERYONE ELSE: Leave "cmd_cp" commented out for compatibility.
#
# See the README file or the man page for more details.
#
cmd_cp /bin/cp
# uncomment this to use the rm program instead of the built-in perl routine.
cmd_rm /bin/rm
# rsync must be enabled for anything to work.
cmd_rsync /usr/bin/rsync
# Uncomment this to enable remote ssh backups over rsync.
#cmd_ssh /usr/bin/ssh
# Comment this out to disable syslog support.
cmd_logger /usr/bin/logger
# Uncomment this to specify a path to "du" for disk usage checks.
cmd_du /bin/du
#########################################
# BACKUP INTERVALS #
# Must be unique and in ascending order #
# i.e. hourly, daily, weekly, etc. #
#########################################
interval hourly 6
interval daily 7
interval weekly 4
#interval monthly 3
############################################
# GLOBAL OPTIONS #
# All are optional, with sensible defaults #
############################################
# If your version of rsync supports --link-dest, consider enable this.
# This is the best way to support special files (FIFOs, etc) cross-platform.
# The default is 0 (off).
#
link_dest 0
# Verbose level, 1 through 5.
# 1 Quiet Print fatal errors only
# 2 Default Print errors and warnings only
# 3 Verbose Show equivalent shell commands being executed
# 4 Extra Verbose Show extra verbose information
# 5 Debug mode More than you care to know
#
verbose 5
# Same as "verbose" above, but controls the amount of data sent to the
# logfile, if one is being used. The default is 3.
loglevel 5
# If you enable this, data will be written to the file you specify. The
# amount of data written is controlled by the "loglevel" parameter.
logfile /var/log/rsnapshot
# The include and exclude parameters, if enabled, simply get passed directly
# to rsync. If you have multiple include/exclude patterns, put each one on a
# seperate line. Please look up the --include and --exclude options in the
# rsync man page for more details.
#
#include ???
#include ???
#exclude ???
#exclude ???
# The include_file and exclude_file parameters, if enabled, simply get
# passed directly to rsync. Please look up the --include-from and
# --exclude-from options in the rsync man page for more details.
#
#include_file /path/to/include/file
#exclude_file /path/to/exclude/file
# Default rsync args. All rsync commands have at least these options set.
#
rsync_short_args -a
rsync_long_args --delete --numeric-ids --relative --delete-excluded
# ssh has no args passed by default, but you can specify some here.
#
#ssh_args -p 22
# Default arguments for the "du" program (for disk space reporting).
# The GNU version of "du" is preferred. See the man page for more details.
#
du_args -csh
# If this is enabled, rsync won't span filesystem partitions within a
# backup point. This essentially passes the -x option to rsync.
# The default is 0 (off).
#
#one_fs 0
# If enabled, rsnapshot will write a lockfile to prevent two instances
# from running simultaneously (and messing up the snapshot_root).
# If you enable this, make sure the lockfile directory is not world
# writable. Otherwise anyone can prevent the program from running.
#
#lockfile /var/run/rsnapshot.pid
###############################
### BACKUP POINTS / SCRIPTS ###
###############################
# LOCALHOST
backup /home/ localhost/
backup /etc/ localhost/
backup /usr/local/ localhost/
#backup /etc/passwd localhost/
#backup /home/foo/My Documents/ localhost/
#backup /foo/bar/ localhost/ one_fs=1, rsync_short_args=-urltvpog
#backup_script /usr/local/bin/backup_pgsql.sh localhost/postgres/
# EXAMPLE.COM
#backup root < at > example.com:/home/ example.com/
#backup root < at > example.com:/etc/ example.com/
# CVS.SOURCEFORGE.NET
#backup_script /usr/local/bin/backup_rsnapshot_cvsroot.sh
cvs.sourceforge.net/
# RSYNC.SAMBA.ORG
#backup rsync://rsync.samba.org/rsyncftp/ rsync.samba.org/rsyncftp/
END rsnapshot.conf---------------------------------
The rsnapshot_root IS mounted and when I run snapshot daily I get the
following output:
[root < at > hilary ~]# rsnapshot daily
Setting locale to POSIX "C"
/mnt/rsnapshot/backups/daily.6 not present (yet), nothing to delete
/mnt/rsnapshot/backups/daily.5 not present (yet), nothing to rotate
/mnt/rsnapshot/backups/daily.4 not present (yet), nothing to rotate
/mnt/rsnapshot/backups/daily.3 not present (yet), nothing to rotate
/mnt/rsnapshot/backups/daily.2 not present (yet), nothing to rotate
/mnt/rsnapshot/backups/daily.1 not present (yet), nothing to rotate
/mnt/rsnapshot/backups/daily.0 not present (yet), nothing to rotate
/mnt/rsnapshot/backups/hourly.5 not present (yet), nothing to copy
/usr/bin/logger -i -p user.notice -t rsnapshot /usr/bin/rsnapshot daily: \
completed successfully
Nothing is created under /mnt/rsnapshot/backups/. No daily.0. Nothing.
I'm sure it is a config problem but what am I doing wrong?
TIA
Tony Caudel
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