If you specify your target as offsite/backup I think you should specify
your link-dest as
--link-dest=offsite/backup/backup-2016-02-01-0100
...perhaps...
On 02/08/2016 11:10 PM, Sam Holton wrote:
> With the following server config: > > log file = /var/log/rsyncd.log > pid
> file = /var/run/rsyn
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
-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
>
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
-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
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
-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
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
