I forgot to say that the best way to set the command line arguments for debugging purposes is to run it from a shell prompt. Pass the normal arguments as well, which you can find using
ps augxww | grep bacula-dir __Martin >>>>> On Wed, 7 Apr 2021 12:05:03 +0100, Martin Simmons said: > > Check the platforms/ubuntu/ directory of the source tree after you have run > configure. It looks like running "make install-autostart-dir" will try to > install a boot script, but I don't know if that works. > > __Martin > > >>>>> On Wed, 7 Apr 2021 03:15:12 -0700, Robert Earl said: > > > > Thanks, I will do these debugging steps. Yes, I have already checked the > > things suggested. I downgraded back to 9.6.5 and I still have the error. > > > > Now for a slightly different Q: How do I set command-line options for the > > bacula director? My installation lacks systemd integration, which is > > problematic: It never restarts on boot, and I have to start it with the > > manual bespoke scripts in /opt/bacula, and I don't have the expertise or > > wherewithal to wrestle with systemd long enough to create a service unit > > file of my very own. Bacula should be doing that automatically in the > > installation, it's not my job! > > > > Robert > > > > On Tue, Apr 6, 2021 at 10:50 AM Martin Simmons <mar...@lispworks.com> wrote: > > > > > >>>>> On Mon, 5 Apr 2021 01:27:07 -0700, Robert Earl said: > > > > > > > > I recently upgraded Bacula from 9.6.5 to 9.6.7 on the director host. Now > > > I > > > > have received an authentication error when running backups on my client > > > > Fedora machine. > > > > > > > > aten-dir JobId 3491: Start Backup JobId > > > 3491,Job=matthew-Backup.2021-04-05_01.22.01_26 > > > > aten-dir JobId 3491: Using Device "FileStorage" to write. > > > > aten-dir JobId 3491: Fatal error: Unable to authenticate with File > > > daemon at "matthew-vpn.spiritus.cox.net:9102". Possible causes: > > > > Passwords or names not the same or > > > > Maximum Concurrent Jobs exceeded on the FD or > > > > FD networking messed up (restart daemon). > > > > For help, please see: > > > > > > > http://www.bacula.org/rel-manual/en/problems/Bacula_Frequently_Asked_Que.html > > > > > > Did you check these things? > > > > > > If so, try running the Director and the FD with debug level 50 to see what > > > messages are being sent. E.g. restart the daemons with arguments -f -d50 > > > added to the normal command line. > > > > > > > > > > aten-dir JobId 3491: Fatal error: No Job status returned from FD. > > > > aten-dir JobId 3491: Error: Bacula aten-dir 9.6.7 (10Dec20): > > > > Build OS: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu ubuntu 18.04 > > > > JobId: 3491 > > > > Job: matthew-Backup.2021-04-05_01.22.01_26 > > > > Backup Level: Full > > > > Client: "matthew-fd" 9.6.6 (20Sep20) > > > x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu-bacula,redhat,One) > > > > FileSet: "Matthew Set" 2021-04-05 00:58:25 > > > > Pool: "File" (From Command input) > > > > Catalog: "matthew-Catalog" (From Client resource) > > > > Storage: "File" (From Command input) > > > > Scheduled time: 05-Apr-2021 01:22:01 > > > > Start time: 05-Apr-2021 01:22:03 > > > > End time: 05-Apr-2021 01:22:14 > > > > Elapsed time: 11 secs > > > > Priority: 10 > > > > FD Files Written: 0 > > > > SD Files Written: 0 > > > > FD Bytes Written: 0 (0 B) > > > > SD Bytes Written: 0 (0 B) > > > > Rate: 0.0 KB/s > > > > Software Compression: None > > > > Comm Line Compression: None > > > > Snapshot/VSS: no > > > > Encryption: no > > > > Accurate: no > > > > Volume name(s): > > > > Volume Session Id: 6 > > > > Volume Session Time: 1617609357 > > > > Last Volume Bytes: 1,880,205,247 (1.880 GB) > > > > Non-fatal FD errors: 1 > > > > SD Errors: 0 > > > > FD termination status: Error > > > > SD termination status: Waiting on FD > > > > Termination: *** Backup Error *** > > > > > > > > > > > > The bizarre thing now is that the log reports file director version > > > 9.6.6, > > > > but the FD actually running on matthew is 9.6.7, double-checked and > > > > verified against packages and command output. So would a 9.6.6 client FD > > > > cause this error, and where could it be lurking? > > > > > > Did you upgrade the FD as well? The job log will report the last known > > > version of the FD, which will be the previous version if the > > > authentication > > > fails. > > > > > > __Martin > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Bacula-users mailing list > > > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > > > > > > _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
