Description of problem: /var/run is a symlink to /run, which is mounted as tmpfs on RHEL 7. This means that /var/run/BackupPC (which is created when installing the RPM) is lost after a reboot and BackupPC fails to start. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 3.3.1-1.el7 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install BackupPC 2. Reboot Actual results: systemctl start backuppc fails because /var/run/BackupPC doesn't exist. An error message is logged to /var/log/BackupPC/LOG about being unable to create a socket. Expected results: /var/run/BackupPC exists and BackupPC is able to start. Additional info: I've added the line mkdir -p /var/run/BackupPC && chown backuppc:backuppc /var/run/BackupPC to /etc/rc.d/init.d/backuppc at line number 55 which solves the issue for me. There is probably a better way of doing this.
BackupPC-3.3.1-4.el7 has been submitted as an update to Fedora EPEL 7. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2016-8e3110a7ad
BackupPC-3.3.1-4.el7 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 7 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for instructions on how to install test updates. You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2016-8e3110a7ad
BackupPC-3.3.1-4.el7 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 7 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.