Matt Miller wrote:
> I am using the BackupPc packaged rsync to backup WindowsXP computers. I
> want to backup 2 directories, "My Documents" and "Desktop". From what
> I've read, the way to do this is create an rsync share of the user's
> "Documents and Settings" folder and then set $Conf{RsyncBackupFilesOnly}
> in the pc/host/config.pl file for the specific folders that you want to
> back up.
> What it's doing is backing up the whole "Documents and Settings" folder.
> I'm stumped...
>
> What's wrong?
>
> I'm using version 2.1.1-2sarge2 of backuppc (debian stable) and
> cygwin-rsyncd-2.6.8_0: Rsyncd for Cygwin downloaded from the BackupPc
> Sourceforge site.
>
> relevant part of C:\rsyncd\rsyncd.conf
>
> [Documents&Settings]
> path = C:/Documents and Settings/username-goes-here/
> comment = stuff user wants backed up
> strict modes = false
> auth users = backuppc
> secrets file = c:/rsyncd/rsyncd.secrets
> hosts allow = ip.address.goes.here
> read only = false
> list = false
>
> and the computer's config.pl
>
> $Conf{XferMethod} = 'rsyncd';
> $Conf{RsyncdUserName} = 'backuppc';
> $Conf{RsyncdPasswd} = '****';
> $Conf{RsyncShareName} = 'Documents&Settings';
> $Conf{RsyncBackupFilesOnly} = ['/My Documents', '/Desktop'];
>
Your variable is defined wrongly.....
it should be
$Conf{BackupFilesOnly} = ['/My Documents', '/Desktop'];
Two other things......
1. you may not need the leading slash either.
2. Try not to use "&" or other special characters in share names. You
may run into trouble in future.
p.s.
you can also do this.....it will help to keep your setups generic and
easy to manage.
[DocumentsSettings]
path = C:/Documents and Settings
comment = stuff user wants backed up
strict modes = false
auth users = backuppc
secrets file = c:/rsyncd/rsyncd.secrets
hosts allow = ip.address.goes.here
read only = false
list = false
and the computer's config.pl
$Conf{XferMethod} = 'rsyncd';
$Conf{RsyncdUserName} = 'backuppc';
$Conf{RsyncdPasswd} = '****';
$Conf{RsyncShareName} = 'DocumentsSettings';
$Conf{BackupFilesOnly} = ['*/My Documents', '*/Desktop'];
That way you get all pc users on each pc and you only need one config file.
Hope that helps,
Regards,
Les
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