#
# List of DHCP address ranges we search looking for PCs to backup.
# This is an array of hashes for each class C address range.
+# This is only needed if hosts in the conf/hosts file have the
+# dhcp flag set.
#
# Examples:
# # to specify 192.10.10.20 to 192.10.10.250 as the DHCP address pool
#
$Conf{BackupPCUserVerify} = 1;
+#
+# Maximum number of hardlinks supported by the $TopDir file system
+# that BackupPC uses. Most linux or unix file systems should support
+# at least 32000 hardlinks per file, or 64K in other cases. If a pool
+# file already has this number of hardlinks, a new pool file is created
+# so that new hardlinks can be accommodated. This limit will only
+# be hit if an identical file appears at least this number of times
+# across all the backups.
+#
+$Conf{HardLinkMax} = 31999;
+
###########################################################################
# What to backup and when to do it
# (can be overridden in the per-PC config.pl)
$Conf{SmbShareUserName} = '';
#
-# Smbclient share password. This is passed to smbclient via the PASSWD
+# Smbclient share password. This is passed to smbclient via its PASSWD
# environment variable. There are several ways you can tell BackupPC
# the smb share password. In each case you should be very careful about
# security. If you put the password here, make sure that this file is
# use this option instead of $Conf{TarShareName} since a new tar is
# run for each entry in $Conf{TarShareName}.
#
+# On the other hand, if you add --one-file-system to $Conf{TarClientCmd}
+# you can backup each file system separately, which makes restoring one
+# bad file system easier. In this case you would list all of the mount
+# points here, since you can't get the same result with
+# $Conf{BackupFilesOnly}:
+#
+# $Conf{TarShareName} = ['/', '/var', '/data', '/boot'];
+#
# This setting only matters if $Conf{XferMethod} = 'tar'.
#
$Conf{TarShareName} = '/';
# time taken for the backup, plus the granularity of $Conf{WakeupSchedule}
# will make the actual backup interval a bit longer.
#
+# There are two special values for $Conf{FullPeriod}:
+#
+# -1 Don't do any regular backups on this machine. Manually
+# requested backups (via the CGI interface) will still occur.
+#
+# -2 Don't do any backups on this machine. Manually requested
+# backups (via the CGI interface) will be ignored.
+#
+# These special settings are useful for a client that is no longer
+# being backed up (eg: a retired machine), but you wish to keep the
+# last backups available for browsing or restoring to other machines.
+#
+# Also, you might create a virtual client (by setting $Conf{ClientNameAlias})
+# for restoring to a DVD or permanent media and you would set
+# $Conf{FullPeriod} to -2 so that it is never backed up.
+#
$Conf{FullPeriod} = 6.97;
#
# $Conf{BackupFilesOnly} = {
# 'c' => ['/myFiles', '/important'], # these are for 'c' share
# 'd' => ['/moreFiles', '/archive'], # these are for 'd' share
-# }
+# };
#
$Conf{BackupFilesOnly} = undef;
# For tar, if the exclude file contains a "/" it is assumed to be anchored
# at the start of the string. Since all the tar paths start with "./",
# BackupPC prepends a "." if the exclude file starts with a "/". Note
-# that GNU tar version >= 1.3.7 is required for the exclude option to
-# work correctly. For linux or unix machines it is recommended to add
-# "/proc" to $Conf{BackupFilesExclude}.
+# that GNU tar version >= 1.13.7 is required for the exclude option to
+# work correctly. For linux or unix machines you should add
+# "/proc" to $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} unless you have specified
+# --one-file-system in $Conf{TarClientCmd} or --one-file-system in
+# $Conf{RsyncArgs}. Also, for tar, do not use a trailing "/" in
+# the directory name: a trailing "/" causes the name to not match
+# and the directory will not be excluded.
#
# Examples:
# $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = '/temp';
# $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = {
# 'c' => ['/temp', '/winnt/tmp'], # these are for 'c' share
# 'd' => ['/junk', '/dont_back_this_up'], # these are for 'd' share
-# }
+# };
#
$Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = undef;
# $timeStampFile start time for incremental dump
#
$Conf{SmbClientFullCmd} = '$smbClientPath \\\\$host\\$shareName'
- . '$I_option -U $userName -E -N -d 1'
+ . ' $I_option -U $userName -E -N -d 1'
. ' -c tarmode\\ full -Tc$X_option - $fileList';
$Conf{SmbClientIncrCmd} = '$smbClientPath \\\\$host\\$shareName'
- . '$I_option -U $userName -E -N -d 1'
+ . ' $I_option -U $userName -E -N -d 1'
. ' -c tarmode\\ full -TcN$X_option $timeStampFile - $fileList';
$Conf{SmbClientRestoreCmd} = '$smbClientPath \\\\$host\\$shareName'
- . '$I_option -U $userName -E -N -d 1'
+ . ' $I_option -U $userName -E -N -d 1'
. ' -c tarmode\\ full -Tx -';
#
# Extra tar arguments for full backups. Several variables are substituted at
# run-time. See $Conf{TarClientCmd} for the list of variable substitutions.
#
+# If you are running tar locally (ie: without rsh or ssh) then remove the
+# "+" so that the argument is no longer shell escaped.
+#
# This setting only matters if $Conf{XferMethod} = 'tar'.
#
$Conf{TarFullArgs} = '$fileList+';
# attribute change, meaning the file will always be included
# in each new incremental dump.
#
+# If you are running tar locally (ie: without rsh or ssh) then remove the
+# "+" so that the argument is no longer shell escaped.
+#
# This setting only matters if $Conf{XferMethod} = 'tar'.
#
$Conf{TarIncrArgs} = '--newer=$incrDate+ $fileList+';
#
# This setting only matters if $Conf{XferMethod} = 'rsync'.
#
-$Conf{RsyncClientCmd} = '$sshPath -l root $host $rsyncPath $argList';
+$Conf{RsyncClientCmd} = '$sshPath -l root $host $rsyncPath $argList+';
#
# Full command to run rsync for restore on the client. The following
#
# This setting only matters if $Conf{XferMethod} = 'rsync'.
#
-$Conf{RsyncClientRestoreCmd} = '$sshPath -l root $host $rsyncPath $argList';
+$Conf{RsyncClientRestoreCmd} = '$sshPath -l root $host $rsyncPath $argList+';
#
# Share name to backup. For $Conf{XferMethod} = "rsync" this should
-# be a directory name, eg '/' or '/home'. For $Conf{XferMethod} = "rsyncd"
-# this should be the name of the module to backup (ie: the name from
-# /etc/rsynd.conf).
+# be a file system path, eg '/' or '/home'.
+#
+# For $Conf{XferMethod} = "rsyncd" this should be the name of the module
+# to backup (ie: the name from /etc/rsynd.conf).
+#
+# This can also be a list of multiple file system paths or modules.
+# For example, by adding --one-file-system to $Conf{RsyncArgs} you
+# can backup each file system separately, which makes restoring one
+# bad file system easier. In this case you would list all of the mount
+# points:
+#
+# $Conf{RsyncShareName} = ['/', '/var', '/data', '/boot'];
#
$Conf{RsyncShareName} = '/';
$Conf{NmbLookupPath} = '/usr/bin/nmblookup';
#
-# NmbLookup command. Several variables are substituted at run-time:
+# NmbLookup command. Given an IP address, does an nmblookup on that
+# IP address. Several variables are substituted at run-time:
#
# $nmbLookupPath path to nmblookup ($Conf{NmbLookupPath})
-# $host host name
+# $host IP address
+#
+# This command is only used for DHCP hosts: given an IP address, this
+# command should try to find its NetBios name.
#
$Conf{NmbLookupCmd} = '$nmbLookupPath -A $host';
+#
+# NmbLookup command. Given a netbios name, finds that host by doing
+# a NetBios lookup. Several variables are substituted at run-time:
+#
+# $nmbLookupPath path to nmblookup ($Conf{NmbLookupPath})
+# $host NetBios name
+#
+# In some cases you might need to change the broadcast address, for
+# example if nmblookup uses 192.168.255.255 by default and you find
+# that doesn't work, try 192.168.1.255 (or your equivalent class C
+# address) using the -B option:
+#
+# $Conf{NmbLookupFindHostCmd} = '$nmbLookupPath -B 192.168.1.255 $host';
+#
+# If you use a WINS server and your machines don't respond to
+# multicast NetBios requests you can use this (replace 1.2.3.4
+# with the IP address of your WINS server):
+#
+# $Conf{NmbLookupFindHostCmd} = '$nmbLookupPath -R -U 1.2.3.4 $host';
+#
+# This is preferred over multicast since it minimizes network traffic.
+#
+# Experiment manually for your site to see what form of nmblookup command
+# works.
+#
+$Conf{NmbLookupFindHostCmd} = '$nmbLookupPath $host';
+
#
# For fixed IP address hosts, BackupPC_dump can also verify the netbios
# name to ensure it matches the host name. An error is generated if
# $pingPath path to ping ($Conf{PingPath})
# $host host name
#
+# Wade Brown reports that on solaris 2.6 and 2.7 ping -s returns the wrong
+# exit status (0 even on failure). Replace with "ping $host 1", which
+# gets the correct exit status but we don't get the round-trip time.
+#
$Conf{PingCmd} = '$pingPath -c 1 $host';
#
$Conf{RestorePreUserCmd} = undef;
$Conf{RestorePostUserCmd} = undef;
+#
+# Override the client's host name. This allows multiple clients
+# to all refer to the same physical host. This should only be
+# set in the per-PC config file and is only used by BackupPC at
+# the last moment prior to generating the command used to backup
+# that machine (ie: the value of $Conf{ClientNameAlias} is invisible
+# everywhere else in BackupPC). The setting can be a host name or
+# IP address, eg:
+#
+# $Conf{ClientNameAlias} = 'realHostName';
+# $Conf{ClientNameAlias} = '192.1.1.15';
+#
+# will cause the relevant smb/tar/rsync backup/restore commands to be
+# directed to realHostName, not the client name.
+#
+# Note: this setting doesn't work for hosts with DHCP set to 1.
+#
+$Conf{ClientNameAlias} = undef;
+
#
# Advanced option for asking BackupPC to load additional perl modules.
# Can be a list (array ref) of module names to load at startup.
#
# Language to use. See lib/BackupPC/Lang for the list of supported
-# languages, which includes English (en) and French (fr). Currently
-# this applies mainly to the CGI interface, but over time it might
-# also include log files and other text output.
+# languages, which include English (en), French (fr), Spanish (es),
+# and German (de).
+#
+# Currently the Language setting applies to the CGI interface and email
+# messages sent to users. Log files and other text is still in English.
#
$Conf{Language} = 'en';
$Conf{CgiHeaderBgColor} = '#99cc33';
$Conf{CgiBodyBgColor} = '#ffffff';
+#
+# Hilight colors based on status that are used in the PC summary page.
+#
+$Conf{CgiStatusHilightColor} = {
+ Reason_backup_failed => '#ffcccc',
+ Reason_backup_done => '#ccffcc',
+ Reason_no_ping => '#ffff99',
+ Reason_backup_canceled_by_user => '#ff9900',
+ Status_backup_in_progress => '#66cc99',
+};
+
#
# Additional CGI header text. For example, if you wanted each CGI page
# to auto refresh every 900 seconds, you could add this text:
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