Sorin Srbu wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Les Mikesell [mailto:lesmikes...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2010 4:04 PM >> To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Trouble setting up backup to a Windows host >> >> [...] >>> Installed rsyncd to the Win-machine and the services now run. In BPC I set >>> it >>> to use rsyncd and the RsyncdUserName and ditto password to one of the local >>> accounts with access to the folders I want to backup. >>> >>> The RsyncShareName I entered as /cygdrive/e/users/, which is where the user >>> folders are located. I tested that the $ RsyncdUserName really has access >>> to >>> /cygdrive/e/users/. >>> >>> Now BPC says as follows, from the BPC Log file: >>> >>> 2010-03-25 14:30:57 full backup started for directory /cygdrive/e/users/ >>> 2010-03-25 14:30:57 Got fatal error during xfer (Unknown module >>> '/cygdrive/e/users/') >>> 2010-03-25 14:31:02 Backup aborted (Unknown module '/cygdrive/e/users/') >>> >>> I'm not sure what it means by unknown module. Has this something to do with >>> the rsyncd.conf on the Win-client? >> Are you confusing rsync and rsyncd? With rsync, you start the remote >> rsync via ssh and it sees the whole remote filesystem from the >> perspective of a remote user. You can test access from the backuppc >> server with a command line like 'rsync -av u...@host:/path' If you >> don't specify a destination, you should see a directory listing (and >> current versions have an implied -essh argument). With rsyncd, the >> program is run as a daemon/service and only the paths explicitly >> mentioned in rsyncd.conf are exposed by their module names. You can >> test this with a command like 'rsync -av host::module' (note double colon). > > I hope not. ;-) I tried rsync with ssh first, but that didn't work out > ("unable to read 4 bytes"), so I tried rsyncd instead. Now the sshd service > on > the Win2k3-machine refuses to start for some reason, it was off this morning. > Sshd on the WinXP-box still runs... > > The rsyncd test tells me: > > r...@mach012 ~/ [0]# rsync -avv xxx.yyy.zzz.nnn::starforge2_users > opening tcp connection to xxx.yyy.zzz.nnn port 873 > opening connection using --server --sender -vvlogDtpr --list-only . > starforge2_users > Password: > @ERROR: auth failed on module starforge2_users > rsync error: error starting client-server protocol (code 5) at main.c(1296) > [receiver=2.6.8] > r...@mach012 ~/ [0]# > > It feels like I'm getting at roads end with this. Things that work on one > Win-machine doesn't on another, it's so, so, frustrating. 8-/
The password it requested there would be in the secrets file you specified in the rsyncd.conf It doesn't relate to windows users at all - and it can be included in the backuppc setup for rsyncd. -- Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/