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Re: Amanda 2.4.3 needs readable exclude files

2003-02-18 22:47:02
Subject: Re: Amanda 2.4.3 needs readable exclude files
From: Jean-Louis Martineau <martinea AT IRO.UMontreal DOT CA>
To: Sven Rudolph <rudsve AT drewag DOT de>
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 21:36:56 -0500
On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 02:04:46PM +0100, Sven Rudolph wrote:
> Jean-Louis Martineau <martinea AT IRO.UMontreal DOT CA> writes:
> > On Mon, Feb 17, 2003 at 10:40:22AM +0100, Sven Rudolph wrote:
> > > 
> > > IMHO amcheck should check that the exclude files on the client are
> > > readable.
> > 
> > It should, unless you specified them to be optional.
> 
> In my 2.4.3 it didn't, this might be fixed in newer amanda versions.
> 

I tested 2.4.4b1 and it reported the error.

> When the original exclude file (as given in the disklist) is not
> readable amcheck -c creates an empty file
> /tmp/amanda/selfcheck._data.20030218135337.exclude

Normal behavior.

> amcheck didn't report the problem.

You should see it in the selfcheck.*.debug file.

Jean-Louis
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