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Re: [Bacula-users] ACL Support = yes gives acl_get_file error on file errors

2009-08-31 08:46:07
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] ACL Support = yes gives acl_get_file error on file errors
From: Adam Cécile <adam.cecile AT linbox DOT com>
To: John Jorgensen <jorgnsn AT lcd.uregina DOT ca>
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:24:39 +0200
John Jorgensen a écrit :
>>>>>> "adam.cecile" == Adam Cécile <adam.cecile AT linbox DOT com> writes:
>>>>>>             
>
>     adam.cecile> Hello, I just upgraded to bacula 3.0.2 and I'm
>     adam.cecile> seeing strange messages when backing up an OSX
>     adam.cecile> computer.  The log is full of "acl_get_file
>     adam.cecile> error on file", see below.
>
> Check if the files for which the ACL errors are reported are
> dangling symbolic links, that is, a symbolic link where the file
> linked to no longer exists.  
>   
No, they are real files, not symlinks.
> We have some Solaris machines which contain a number of dangling
> symlinks, and they result in errors similar to those you report
> (though from the path names, I'd guess your system is running
> MacOS X).  I speculate that Bacula's file daemon tries to read the
> ACL information from the linked-to file, then logs an error when
> that attempt fails.  
>
> I've thought about patching the bacula's acl.c to not log such
> errors for dangling symlinks, but so far have just lived with the
> extra messages.
>
>
>
>   


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