Re: [BackupPC-users] Backuppc and nfsv4 symlink problem

On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 4:04 PM, Benoit Audette <baudette AT innobec DOT com> 
wrote:
> I try to install backuppc with a nfs mount under /var/lib/backuppc
> At the end of the install I have the error
>
> [....] Starting backuppc...2014-06-19 15:01:43 Can't create a test
> hardlink between a file in /var/lib/backuppc/pc and
> /var/lib/backuppc/cpool.  Either these are different file systems, or
> this file system doesn't support hardlinks, or these directories don't
> exist, or there is a permissions problem, or the file system is out of
> inodes or full.  Use df, df -i, and ls -ld to check each of these
> possibilities. Quitting...
>
>
> first I don't see any file under /pc , maybe the script create the file
> try the hardlink and delete the file.
>
> hardlink are working
>
> root@backuppc:/var/lib/backuppc/pc/localhost# ln test
> /var/lib/backuppc/cpool/test
> root@backuppc:/var/lib/backuppc/pc/localhost# ls -l /var/lib/backuppc/cpool/
> total 0
> -rw-r--r-- 2 root root 0 Jun 19  2014 test
>
>
>
> My backuppc server is Debian wheezy and the nfs server is Centos 6
>
>
>
> any help or hint will be welcome

That looks like you did the test as root.  Can the backuppc user do the same?

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