[Box Backup] Win32 Port - bbackupctl issue with configuration file

[Chris Hane]

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Thanks for the reply...I don't know what I was doing wrong...bbackupctl is 
now finding the bbackup.conf file just fine.  However, the second issue of 
the daemon not writing a PID file is causing the error I'm seeing 
now.  When I start the bbackupctl I get 1 error message (in the event log) 
indicating it can not find the command socket.

Error message from command prompt:
C:\Program Files\Box Backup>bbackupctl.exe sync

Using configuration file C:\Program Files\Box Backup\bbackupd.conf
Failed to connect to daemon control socket.
Possible causes:
   * Daemon not running
   * Daemon busy syncing with store server
   * Another bbackupctl process is communicating with the daemon
   * Daemon is waiting to recover from an error
Failed to connect to the command socket

I don't see anything in the event log for the daemon that looks like an 
error.  When I start the bbackupd there a several entries (start, login, 
get file list, ....) that indicate a successful startup.

On my machine it doesn't look like it is creating the PID file or the 
command socket.  I have tried different settings for these in the 
bbackup.conf file.  The current ones are the defaults that shipped with the 
program.  Also, I am running under and administrator account and have full 
access to all directories on the machine.

  CommandSocket = bbackupd/bbackupd.sock

Server
{
         PidFile = C:\Program Files\Box Backup\bbackupd\bbackupd.pid
}


Also, the "C:\Program Files\Box Backup\bbackupd" directory does exist.

Chris....

At 05:30 AM 11/7/2004, Ben Summers wrote:


>On 6 Nov 2004, at 00:17, Chris Hane wrote:
>
>>
>>I am getting the following error when trying to test the Win32 client 
>>(posted by Nick Knight) version 0.8f.
>>
>>I have:
>>  - installed the server on a Linux box and have Linux clients backing up 
>> to it
>>  - installed the client on Win32
>>  - can query the server with "bbackupquery -c bbackupd.conf"
>>  - can run the daemon "bbackupd -c bbackupd.conf"
>>
>>When I run the client [bbackupctl -c bbackupd.conf] I get the following 
>>error:
>>C:\Program Files\Box Backup>bbackupctl -c bbackupd.conf synch
>>Using configuration file
>>Exception: Common (1/2)
>>
>>I'm probably doing something very simple wrong.  I just don't see what is 
>>wrong in the config file (or am I specifying the path incorrectly).  I 
>>have installed the win32 client in the default location of ("program
>>files\box backup").  Also, I am running on Windows XP.
>
>
>The error means that it cannot open the config file (it appears the Win32 
>client is built without the full error messages which would have suggested 
>this.)
>
>Which directory are you running the command from? Type "dir" first, and if 
>bbackup.conf is not listed, then that's your problem. In which case try 
>something like
>
>bbackupctl -c "c:\Program Files\Box Backup\bbackupd.conf" sync
>
>
>>
>>As a note, when I look in the PID directory below there is not a file 
>>named bbackupd.pid.  Could that be the issue?
>
>Not with bbackupctl. It might suggest that the daemon isn't actually 
>running though. Check your logs.
>
>Ben
>
>
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