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Re: [Bacula-users] Re - Restore failed - bacula-fd doesn't follow symbolic links

2012-08-14 03:03:37
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Re - Restore failed - bacula-fd doesn't follow symbolic links
From: Geert Stappers <Geert.Stappers AT vanadgroup DOT com>
To: "bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net" <bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 09:00:30 +0200
Op 20120810 om 17:04 schreef Davide Franco:
> On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 3:57 PM, Rados aw Korzeniewski wrote:
> > 2012/8/10 Davide Franco <dfranco AT dflc DOT ch>
> > > Anyway, I'm still trying to figure out how can I enforce the file
> > > daemon to follow symlinks on Linux filesystem.
> > 
> > Bacula does not follow any symbolic links. It just backups a symbolic link
> > as a symbolic link no matter if it points to the file or directory.
> > Automatically follow symbolic links threatens to uncontrolled looping. For
> > example when someone (user) will make a simple command: $ ln -s . a
> > 
> > If you want to backup a resources which was followed by symbolic link you
> > have to add this resources to the FileSet definition.
> > 
> 
> this sounds good for me. It's exactly what I did to recover my data.
> I just had to figure out where my data were located and it worked fine.


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