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backuppc: Backuppc fail to start on a clean installation
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Version: 4.4.0-4
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Package: backuppc
Version: 4.4.0-3
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
X-Debbugs-Cc: debianbugs@kurgan.org
Dear Maintainer,
Backuppc, installed from the package on a new server (so no
upgrade/update from previous versions) fails with this message:
# apt install backuppc
[... omitted output...]
Creating config file /etc/backuppc/config.pl with new version
Starting backuppc...BackupPC cannot be started because important parameters are missing from config.pl.
If you just upgraded BackupPC, please update /etc/backuppc/config.pl.
invoke-rc.d: initscript backuppc, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing package backuppc (--configure):
installed backuppc package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
This happens because the init script for backuppc contains this check:
# Check for incompatible old config files
check_old_config()
{
BAD=0
CONF=/etc/backuppc/config.pl
grep -q IncrLevel $CONF || BAD=1
if [ "$BAD" = "1" ]; then
echo "BackupPC cannot be started because important parameters are missing from config.pl."
echo "If you just upgraded BackupPC, please update /etc/backuppc/config.pl."
exit 1
fi
}
But it seems that this check is not needed anymore in Backuppc 4, it was
something related to V2 -> V3 upgrade.
This check is called when starting/restarting backuppc. By commenting
out the call to check_old_config under start and restart, backuppc
works.
This will leave you with an unconfigured package in apt, so after
modifying the init script you'll also have to run:
rmdir /var/lib/backuppc/pc/localhost
apt install
Kind regards
Fabio Muzzi
-- System Information:
Distributor ID: Devuan
Description: Devuan GNU/Linux 4 (chimaera)
Release: 4
Codename: chimaera
Architecture: x86_64
Kernel: Linux 5.10.0-9-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU threads)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages backuppc depends on:
ii adduser 3.118
ii apache2 [httpd] 2.4.51-1~deb11u1
ii apache2-utils 2.4.51-1~deb11u1
ii backuppc-rsync 3.1.3.0-3
ii bzip2 1.0.8-4
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.77
ii exim4-daemon-light [mail-transport-agent] 4.94.2-7
ii init-system-helpers 1.60+devuan1
ii iputils-ping 3:20210202-1
ii libarchive-zip-perl 1.68-1
ii libbackuppc-xs-perl 0.62-1+b1
ii libc6 2.31-13+deb11u2
ii libcgi-pm-perl 4.51-1
pn libdigest-md5-perl <none>
ii libfile-listing-perl 6.14-1
ii libtime-parsedate-perl 2015.103-3
ii lsb-base 11.1.0
ii perl [libio-compress-perl] 5.32.1-4+deb11u2
ii ucf 3.0043
Versions of packages backuppc recommends:
ii libio-dirent-perl 0.05-1+b9
ii openssh-client [ssh-client] 1:8.4p1-5
ii rrdtool 1.7.2-3+b7
ii samba-common-bin 2:4.13.13+dfsg-1~deb11u2
ii smbclient 2:4.13.13+dfsg-1~deb11u2
Versions of packages backuppc suggests:
pn certbot | acme-tiny | acmetool | dehydrated | lacme | lecm <none>
pn libscgi-perl <none>
pn par2 <none>
ii rsync 3.2.3-4+deb11u1
pn w3m | www-browser <none>
-- Configuration Files:
/etc/backuppc/apache.conf changed:
Alias /backuppc /usr/share/backuppc/cgi-bin/
<Directory /usr/share/backuppc/cgi-bin/>
AllowOverride None
# Uncomment the line below to ensure that nobody can sniff important
# info from network traffic during editing of the BackupPC config or
# when browsing/restoring backups.
# Requires that you have your webserver set up for SSL (https) access.
#SSLRequireSSL
Options ExecCGI FollowSymlinks
AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
DirectoryIndex index.cgi
AuthUserFile /etc/backuppc/htpasswd
AuthType basic
AuthName "BackupPC admin"
<RequireAll>
# Comment out this line once you have setup HTTPS and uncommented SSLRequireSSL
# This line ensures that only authenticated users may access your backups
Require valid-user
</RequireAll>
</Directory>
/etc/init.d/backuppc changed:
set -e
BINDIR=/usr/share/backuppc/bin
DATADIR=/var/lib/backuppc
RUNDIR=/run/backuppc
USER=backuppc
GROUP=backuppc
NICE=0
IONICE=best-effort
test -f /etc/default/backuppc && . /etc/default/backuppc
NAME=backuppc
DAEMON=BackupPC
test -x $BINDIR/$DAEMON || exit 0
. /lib/lsb/init-functions
[ -r /etc/default/rcS ] && . /etc/default/rcS
if [ ! -d $RUNDIR ]; then
mkdir -p $RUNDIR
chown ${USER}:${GROUP} $RUNDIR
chmod 0755 $RUNDIR
fi
check_old_config()
{
BAD=0
CONF=/etc/backuppc/config.pl
grep -q IncrLevel $CONF || BAD=1
if [ "$BAD" = "1" ]; then
echo "BackupPC cannot be started because important parameters are missing from config.pl."
echo "If you just upgraded BackupPC, please update /etc/backuppc/config.pl."
exit 1
fi
}
case "$1" in
start)
log_begin_msg "Starting $NAME..."
start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile $RUNDIR/BackupPC.pid \
--nicelevel $NICE --iosched $IONICE -c $USER --exec $BINDIR/$DAEMON -- -d
log_end_msg $?
;;
stop)
log_begin_msg "Stopping $NAME..."
start-stop-daemon --stop --pidfile $RUNDIR/BackupPC.pid -u $USER \
--oknodo --retry 30
log_end_msg $?
;;
restart)
log_begin_msg "Restarting $NAME..."
start-stop-daemon --stop --pidfile $RUNDIR/BackupPC.pid -u $USER \
--oknodo --retry 30
check_old_config
start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile $RUNDIR/BackupPC.pid \
--nicelevel $NICE --iosched $IONICE -c $USER --exec $BINDIR/$DAEMON -- -d
log_end_msg $?
;;
reload|force-reload)
log_begin_msg "Reloading $NAME configuration files..."
start-stop-daemon --stop --pidfile $RUNDIR/BackupPC.pid -u $USER \
--signal 1
log_end_msg $?
;;
status)
status_of_proc "$BINDIR/$DAEMON" "$NAME" && exit 0 || exit $?
;;
*)
log_success_msg "Usage: /etc/init.d/$NAME {start|stop|restart|reload|status}"
exit 1
;;
esac
exit 0
-- debconf information:
backuppc/tmppass: (password omitted)
* backuppc/configuration-note:
* backuppc/reconfigure-webserver: apache2
backuppc/restart-webserver: true
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