Hi,

Adam Goryachev wrote on 2009-04-13 13:15:40 +1000 [Re: [BackupPC-users] Not 
backing up more that first?module/directory (rsyncd)]:
> Holger Parplies wrote:
> > Boniforti Flavio wrote on 2009-04-12 10:20:12 +0200 [[BackupPC-users] Not 
> > backing up more that first module/directory (rsyncd)]:
> >>
> >> What I¹m now experiencing is that after having correctly completed first
> >> module/directory, it doesn¹t connect anymore to the subsequent one.
> [...]
> > I agree that it is the ssh tunnel closing when the last (= only) tunnelled
> > connection closes.
> [...]
> 
> I have (successfully) been using a script to do this for the past few
> months. I copied this from somewhere else (the wiki perhaps) and have
> tuned locally since then...
> 
> I created a script in /etc/backuppc/scripts/hostname.sh
> #!/bin/bash
> TERM=vt100
> /usr/bin/screen -d -m -S hosttunnel /usr/bin/ssh -o
> ServerAliveInterval=15 -o ServerAliveCountMax=10 -q -x -C -L
> 1516:127.0.0.1:873 -l root host
> /bin/sleep 20

I fail to see how running the 'ssh host sleep 20' inside screen would help.
It only seems to prevent an error from ssh from being noticed by BackupPC.
Are you really referring to a *multiple share* backup?

> [...]
> $Conf{DumpPreUserCmd}='/etc/backuppc/scripts/host.sh';

Wasn't that 'hostname.sh'? ;-)

> $Conf{DumpPostUserCmd}='/usr/bin/pkill -u backuppc -f host';

Hmm, how about 'screen -S hosttunnel -X quit'?

Regards,
Holger

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