Hi Michael Huntley, Michael Stowe, and everybody, I overlooked your reply and only now saw it in the archives - also, I don't have your private mail address visible there, to reach out for a "thanks" privately:
> Stowe has been around forever. I suggest you read his entire blog - > very entertaining. > > Here's his BackupPC stuff: > > http://www.michaelstowe.com/backuppc/ Thanks a lot for the pointer; testing soon! Cheers, Alexander On 2017-05-17 09:07 AM, Alexander Kobel wrote: > Hi Michael, > > On 2017-05-15 06:32 PM, Holger Parplies wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Michael Stowe wrote on 2017-05-15 09:58:08 -0500 [Re: [BackupPC-users] >> Backing up Windows 7 Pro, not enough permissions]: >> [...] >>> At any rate, these reasons are why I personally switched to a >>> combination of rsync and vshadow (to handle open files) and put together >>> a package to install the proper files on the client side. [...] > > would you mind to share that package, in whatever state it is? I use a > similar setup (Cygwin + rsync over SSH), but getting it to run is less > than intuitive. > > I yet have to find a simple and fool-proof way of installing (don't talk > about keeping up-to-date even) that combination. It takes me less and > less time every time I do it (every few months), but it's still a pain. > IIRC, last time I had to refresh my mind on > - how to enable a cyg_server (appx. a.k.a. root) account with the proper > access rights > - how to open port 22 on the firewall, and (if need be) respond to pings, > - how to make the SSH server accept the BackupPC server pubkey (because > cyg_server has no home by default). > And that's even without vshadow. > > Certainly not an approach that I can load off to the average Joe user, > say, "download and install ..., and I do the BackupPC server setup > remotely". > > > Cheers, > Alexander ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ 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/