Error: Creating config failed (sysconfig-file not found).

[gbonnema]

When starting on my snapper adventure, I could successfully create the config for root, but subsequently creating one for the subvolume home does not work (see copy of statements) :

 gbonnema  ~  sudo snapper create-config /  gbonnema  ~  sudo snapper create-config /home Creating config failed (sysconfig-file not found).  gbonnema  ~  sudo vim /etc/sysconfig/snapper  gbonnema  ~  sudo snapper list-configs Config | Subvolume -------+---------- root | /  gbonnema  ~  sudo snapper create-config /home Creating config failed (sysconfig-file not found).

Below other statements that do work and show the current structure:

` gbonnema  ~  sudo ls -l /etc/snapper/configs
total 4
-rw-r--r--+ 1 root root 1203 Apr 9 07:51 root
 gbonnema  ~  sudo ls -l /etc/sysconfig/snapper
-rw-r--r--+ 1 root root 125 Apr 9 07:51 /etc/sysconfig/snapper
 gbonnema  ~  sudo cat /etc/sysconfig/snapper

Path: System/Snapper

Type: string

Default: ""

List of snapper configurations.

SNAPPER_CONFIGS="root"

 gbonnema  ~  sudo btrfs subvol list /home
ID 256 gen 2438008 top level 5 path home
ID 257 gen 2438008 top level 5 path root
ID 262 gen 2437862 top level 257 path root/var/lib/machines
ID 887 gen 2437890 top level 256 path gbonnema/.local/share/Steam
ID 890 gen 2437948 top level 257 path root/.snapshots
 gbonnema  ~  sudo snapper list-configs
Config | Subvolume
-------+----------
root | /
 gbonnema  ~  
`

I checked out an issue that appears solved, but to no avail (#733). Maybe I missed something in there? I am a new user for this utility, so the solution may be facedroppingly simple.

Guus.

[gbonnema]

I want to add, that as I could create the root config, so I was very surprised that the home config gave such a basic error. How could snapper create a root config, but not a home config?

[aschnell]

The error handling looks incorrect and the command used. Try snapper --config home create-config /home.

[gbonnema]

@aschnell Thank you very much. I guess my brain was on idle while I read the first few lines of the man page (and I did read them ... several times). I guess the words just did not land (from the man page):
"For each filesystem or subvolume that should be snapshotted by snapper, a configuration file is required,
see snapper-configs(5). The setup can be done with the create-config command."

So, I got the create-config, but not the --config part of the command. My bad. Thanks for the pointer: it works.

Now to find out how snapper will make snapshots on a regular basis! Next phase!!