-## backupninja mysql config file ##
+### backupninja mysql config file ###
-dbhost = localhost
databases = all
backupdir = /var/backups/mysql
-hotcopy = yes
-sqldump = no
+hotcopy = no
+sqldump = yes
compress = yes
-## authentication ##
+### authentication ###
-configfile = /etc/mysql/debian.cnf
-
-# or...
-# dbusername = <dbuser>
-# dbpassword = <dbpassword>
-
-# or...
-# user = root
+# three authentication methods:
+#
+# 1. setting the user, so that /home/user/.my.cnf is used.
+# user = some-unix-user
+#
+# 2. specifying the mysql dbuser and dbpassword,
+# which generates a temporary .my.cnf in /root/.my.cnf
+# dbusername = <some-mysql-user>
+# dbpassword = <password>
+#
+# 3. specify which config file to use with configfile
+# (this option does not work with hotcopy)
+# configfile = /etc/mysql/debian.cnf
+#
+# if user and dbusername are not specified, the default is to use
+# /etc/mysql/debian.cnf for configfile.
-## notes ##
+### all options ###
# configfile = < path/to/file > (default = /etc/mysql/debian.cnf)
# The config file is passed to mysql with --defaults-file.
# where to dump the backups. hotcopy backups will be in a subdirectory 'hotcopy' and
# sqldump backups will be in a subdirectory 'sqldump'
#
-# hotcopy = < yes | no > (default = yes)
+# hotcopy = < yes | no > (default = no)
# make a backup of the actual database binary files using mysqlhotcopy.
#
# sqldump = < yes | no > (default = no)
# vsname = <vserver> (no default)
# what vserver to operate on, only used if vserver = yes in /etc/backupninja.conf
# if you do not specify a vsname the host will be operated on
-
+#
+# NB: databases = all doesn't seem to work with hotcopy = yes when vsname is specified
+# I would like to know how to fix this.