Re: --link-dest not working on remote server (running daemon)

2016-02-08 Thread Sam Holton
With the following server config: log file = /var/log/rsyncd.log pid file = /var/run/rsyncd.pid lock file = /var/run/rsync.lock [offsite] path = /media/external/ comment = Offsite backup read only = no hosts allow = 192.168.2.0/24 auth users = backup secrets file = /etc/rsyncd.s

Re: --link-dest not working on remote server (running daemon)

2016-02-08 Thread Kevin Korb
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 try: --link-dest=../backup-2016-02-01-0100 On 02/08/2016 04:51 PM, Sam Holton wrote: > Thanks for the reply. The link-dest is different. It is Feb 1 while > the source is Feb 2. > > I tried setting path = /media/external/ for the daemon and using >

Re: --link-dest not working on remote server (running daemon)

2016-02-08 Thread Sam Holton
Thanks for the reply. The link-dest is different. It is Feb 1 while the source is Feb 2. I tried setting path = /media/external/ for the daemon and using rsync -a -v -i --delete --link-dest=backup-2016-02-01-0100 --password-file=/media/external/scripts/offsite_rsync.pass /media/external/backup/ba

Re: --link-dest not working on remote server (running daemon)

2016-02-08 Thread Kevin Korb
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 by misaligned I meant that your source is a directory, your link-dest is a directory (with the same name even), and your target is the root of the share. All 3 params should be directories and the link-dest param should be a different date than the ot

Re: --link-dest not working on remote server (running daemon)

2016-02-08 Thread Sam Holton
According to this thread it at least used to work https://lists.samba.org/archive/rsync/2006-April/015328.html I don't want to use SSH because I'm running this on low power ARM boards which are already connected over VPN so no need for a second layer of transport encryption. I'm not sure what you

Re: --link-dest not working on remote server (running daemon)

2016-02-08 Thread Kevin Korb
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/08/2016 03:33 PM, Sam Holton wrote: > Hello, > > I have read through the list of previous issues regarding this > issue but haven't been able to resolve mine. I apologize in advance > for the long text and am probably doing some simple typo. I h

--link-dest not working on remote server (running daemon)

2016-02-08 Thread Sam Holton
Hello, I have read through the list of previous issues regarding this issue but haven't been able to resolve mine. I apologize in advance for the long text and am probably doing some simple typo. I have two servers in my setup: *Server 1* Doing rsync with --link-dest daily and working as expected

Bad description for --ignore-errors in man page

2016-02-08 Thread Angelos Ching
Hi there, > I was figuring out a way to copy as much files as possible off a corrupted file system using rsync, then I came across this —ignore-errors flag which is described on man page as: If the sending side detects any I/O errors, then the deletion of any files at the destination will be aut