Hi, 01.10.2007 20:57,, jay wrote:: > Thanks Chris and Arno, > > The files are indeed hard linked > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# stat /etc/hosts > File: `/etc/hosts' > Size: 591 Blocks: 16 IO Block: 4096 regular file > Device: 802h/2050d Inode: 33011 Links: 2 > Access: (0644/-rw-r--r--) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: ( 0/ root) > Access: 2007-10-01 13:52:26.000000000 -0500 > Modify: 2007-07-30 09:49:55.000000000 -0500 > Change: 2007-07-30 09:49:55.000000000 -0500 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# stat /etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default/hosts > File: `/etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default/hosts' > Size: 591 Blocks: 16 IO Block: 4096 regular file > Device: 802h/2050d Inode: 33011 Links: 2 > Access: (0644/-rw-r--r--) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: ( 0/ root) > Access: 2007-10-01 13:52:26.000000000 -0500 > Modify: 2007-07-30 09:49:55.000000000 -0500 > Change: 2007-07-30 09:49:55.000000000 -0500 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# > > Now that we have established that, is there a way to restore that file > with Bacula? Or does Bacula not handle hard links?
But didn't you just lear that Bacula handles hard links? ;-) Admittedly, it might handle them differently... for now, I'd suggest to simple rm /etc/hosts and link it to the restored copy again. Arno > Thanks for the quick responses > > Jason > > > On 10/1/07, *Arno Lehmann* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > Hi, > > 01.10.2007 20:05,, jay wrote:: > > Hello, > > > > I'm having a weird problem trying to restore /etc/hosts on a > RHEL4 box. > > I'm testing Bacula 2.2.4 on this box, with a MySQL 4 backend. > > Everything works great so far including my first test restores. > > However, today I tried to do a restore of /etc/hosts. I enter file > > selection mode, cd /etc, mark hosts, then do an estimates and it > says 2 > > files are marked for restoration. Ok, thats weird. > > I'm not sure there, but I see two possible reasons for this: The > second file could either be the /etc directory, or... > > > When I finish the > > restore, no files are restored, except the > > etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default directory > structure. Now, on > > the real filesystem, there is a hosts file in that directory, as > well as > > /etc/hosts. But they are not symlinked. > > ... the two files are not symlinked but hard links to only one set of > data. > > > It seems like Bacula is > > getting confused about which hosts file I actually want restored. It > > happens if I set the restore client to the same machine, or a > different > > one. > > I think that, in case these files are hard links, Bacula should > restore the one you explicitly selected, i.e. /etc/hosts. What it > should do the other hard links is something *I* wouldn't want to > decide... > > Arno > > > > > Perhaps this is just my inexperience with the software, but can > someone > > offer a suggestion as to what the problem might be? Maybe > someone else > > can confirm this happens with them? Thanks > > > > Jason > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. > > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > <http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/> > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Bacula-users mailing list > > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto:Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > > -- > Arno Lehmann > IT-Service Lehmann > www.its-lehmann.de <http://www.its-lehmann.de> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto:Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users -- Arno Lehmann IT-Service Lehmann www.its-lehmann.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
