From: intrigeri <intrigeri@boum.org>
Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2006 01:23:21 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: dup: document how to write sftp-compatible (and thus new-duplicity-compatible)
X-Git-Tag: backupninja-0.9.4~7
X-Git-Url: https://git.stderr.nl/gitweb?a=commitdiff_plain;h=054f9fb2ad5d87f99c76ed129b9a85401f97b47e;p=matthijs%2Fupstream%2Fbackupninja.git

dup: document how to write sftp-compatible (and thus new-duplicity-compatible)
sshoptions setting (Closes: #388543)
---

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 913a90f..6b7479d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ version 0.9.4 -- unreleased
 	 . Does not pretend anymore that duplicity can work without
 	   any passphrase
 	 . Support duplicity 0.4.2 (with Debian patches applied; upstream's
-	   0.4.3 will integrate them)
+	   0.4.3 will integrate them); documented how to write sftp-compatible
+           sshoptions (Closes: #388543)
 	 . Now forbid to (try to) include /.
 	sys:
 	 . Many more system checks were added, (thanks to Petr Klíma)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f866125..361cf3c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -14,6 +14,14 @@ backupninja (0.9.4-1) UNRELEASED
 	  Please read the new /usr/share/doc/backupninja/examples/example.dup
 	  or /usr/share/doc/backupninja/examples/example.rdiff file, and update
 	  your own configuration files if needed.
+
+	* duplicity: duplicity now uses sftp, which does not support all scp
+	  command line options; you thus have to convert the sshoptions setting
+	  in your *.dup configuration files, to sftp-compatible syntax; for
+	  example, you can replace:
+	    sshoptions = -i /root/.ssh/id_dsa_duplicity
+	  with:
+	    sshoptions = -o IdentityFile=/root/.ssh/id_dsa_duplicity
 	
 backupninja (0.9.2-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/examples/example.dup b/examples/example.dup
index 457883c..0e7ed95 100644
--- a/examples/example.dup
+++ b/examples/example.dup
@@ -119,8 +119,10 @@ exclude = /home/*/.gnupg
 # bandwith limit, in kbit/s ; default is 0, i.e. no limit
 #bandwidthlimit = 128
 
-# passed directly to ssh and scp
-sshoptions = -i /root/.ssh/id_dsa_duplicity
+# passed directly to ssh, scp (and sftp in duplicity >=0.4.2)
+# warning: sftp does not support all scp options, especially -i; as
+# a workaround, you can use "-o <SSHOPTION>"
+sshoptions = -o IdentityFile=/root/.ssh/id_dsa_duplicity
 
 # put the backups under this directory
 destdir = /backups
diff --git a/handlers/dup.helper b/handlers/dup.helper
index da299c6..eee0256 100644
--- a/handlers/dup.helper
+++ b/handlers/dup.helper
@@ -401,8 +401,10 @@ keep = $dup_keep
 #bandwidthlimit = 128
 bandwidthlimit = $dup_bandwidth
 
-# passed directly to ssh and scp
-#sshoptions = -i /root/.ssh/id_dsa_duplicity
+# passed directly to ssh, scp (and sftp in duplicity >=0.4.2)
+# warning: sftp does not support all scp options, especially -i; as
+# a workaround, you can use "-o <SSHOPTION>"
+#sshoptions = -o IdentityFile=/root/.ssh/id_dsa_duplicity
 sshoptions = $dup_sshoptions
 
 # put the backups under this directory