From: Dan Langille <dan@langille.org>
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 20:04:44 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Update the "Filesystem change prohibited. Will not descend into /misc"
X-Git-Tag: Release-2.0.0~409
X-Git-Url: https://git.sur5r.net/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=06bea6752892e31057adb96b4a765ece0f8f3ca0;p=bacula%2Fdocs

Update the "Filesystem change prohibited. Will not descend into /misc"
message to refer to the new format: "/misc is a different filesystem. Will
not descend from / into /misc"

Elaborate upon what this message means, and how it does not necessarily
indicate that the filesystem/partition has or has not been backed up.
---

diff --git a/docs/manual/fileset.tex b/docs/manual/fileset.tex
index 8d89a3fa..c3b1c171 100644
--- a/docs/manual/fileset.tex
+++ b/docs/manual/fileset.tex
@@ -309,15 +309,24 @@ The directives within an Options resource may be one of the following:
 
 \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
@@ -368,8 +377,30 @@ Change: 2005-11-06 12:36:48.000000000 +0100
 
    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}