\footnotesize
\begin{verbatim}
-rufus-fd: Filesystem change prohibited. Will not descend into /misc
-rufus-fd: Filesystem change prohibited. Will not descend into /net
-rufus-fd: Filesystem change prohibited. Will not descend into /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs
-rufus-fd: Filesystem change prohibited. Will not descend into /selinux
-rufus-fd: Filesystem change prohibited. Will not descend into /sys
-rufus-fd: Filesystem change prohibited. Will not descend into /dev
-rufus-fd: Filesystem change prohibited. Will not descend into /home
+rufus-fd: /misc is a different filesystem. Will not descend from / into /misc
+rufus-fd: /net is a different filesystem. Will not descend from / into /net
+rufus-fd: /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs is a different filesystem. Will not descend from /var/lib/nfs into /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs
+rufus-fd: /selinux is a different filesystem. Will not descend from / into /selinux
+rufus-fd: /sys is a different filesystem. Will not descend from / into /sys
+rufus-fd: /dev is a different filesystem. Will not descend from / into /dev
+rufus-fd: /home is a different filesystem. Will not descend from / into /home
\end{verbatim}
\normalsize
+
+ Note: in previous versions of Bacula, the above message was of the form:
+
+\footnotesize
+\begin{verbatim}
+Filesystem change prohibited. Will not descend into /misc
+\end{verbatim}
+\normalsize
+
If you wish to backup multiple filesystems, you can explicitly
list each filesystem you want saved. Otherwise, if you set the onefs option
to {\bf no}, Bacula will backup all mounted file systems (i.e. traverse mount
explicitly name each filesystem you want backed up. Explicitly naming the
filesystems you want backed up avoids the possibility of getting into a
infinite loop recursing filesystems. Another possibility is to
- use {\bf onefs=no} and to set {\bs fstype=ext2, ...}.
+ use {\bf onefs=no} and to set {\bf fstype=ext2, ...}.
See the example below for more details.
If you think that Bacula should be backing up a particular directory
Also be aware that even if you include {\bf /home} in your list
of files to backup, as you most likely should, you will get the
- informational message about Filesystem change prohibited when Bacula is
- processing the {\bf /} directory.
+ informational message that "/home is a different filesystem" when
+ Bacula is processing the {\bf /} directory. This message does not
+ indicate an error. This message means that while examining the
+ {\bf File =} referred to in the second part of the message, Bacula will
+ not descend into the directory mentioned in the first part of the message.
+ However, it is possible that the separate filesystem will be backed up
+ despite the message. For example, consider the following FileSet:
+
+\footnotesize
+\begin{verbatim}
+ File = /
+ File = /var
+\end{verbatim}
+\normalsize
+
+ where {\bf /var} is a separate filesystem. In this example, you will get a
+ message saying that Bacula will not decend from {\bf /} into {\bf /var}. But
+ it is important to realise that Bacula will descend into {\bf /var} from the
+ second File directive shown above. In effect, the warning is bogus,
+ but it is supplied to alert you to possible omissions from your FileSet. In
+ this example, {\bf /var} will be backed up. If you changed the FileSet such
+ that it did not specify {\bf /var}, then {\bf /var} will not be backed up.
+
+
\label{portable}
exec > /dev/null
\end{verbatim}
+\item [noatime=yes|no]
+\index[dir]{noatime}
+\index[dir]{Directive!noatime}
+ If enabled, and if your Operating System supports the O_NOATIME file
+ open flag, Bacula will open all files to be backed up with this option.
+ It makes it possible to read a file without updating the inode atime
+ (and also without the inode ctime update which happens if you try to set
+ the atime back to its previous value). It also prevents a race
+ condition when two programs are reading the same file, but only one does
+ not want to change the atime. It's most useful for backup programs and
+ file integrity checkers (and bacula can fit on both categories).
+
+ This option is particularly useful for sites where users are sensitive
+ to their MailBox file access time. It replaces both the {\bf keepatime}
+ option without the inconvienences of that option (see below).
+
+ If your Operating System does not support this option, it will be
+ silently ignored by Bacula.
+
\item [mtimeonly=yes|no]
\index[dir]{mtimeonly}
\item [hardlinks=yes|no]
\index[dir]{hardlinks}
\index[dir]{Directive!hardlinks}
- When enabled (default), this directive will cause hard inks to be
+ When enabled (default), this directive will cause hard links to be
backed up. However, the File daemon keeps track of hard linked files and
will backup the data only once. The process of keeping track of the
hard links can be quite expensive if you have lots of them (tens of
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