It's still a struggle, and I thank everyone who has tried to help. Here's what I've done so far.
I've succeeded in getting this command to work: [bobkatz@localhost etc]$ rsync localhost.localdomain:: Backup-Data-Folder "Backup-Data-Folder" is the rsync task (module) named in rsyncd.conf However, this command does not work: [bobkatz@localhost etc]$ rsync host:: rsync: getaddrinfo: host 873: Name or service not known rsync error: error in socket IO (code 10) at clientserver.c(125) [Receiver=3.1.2] AND, backuppc gui reports: Host localhost.localdomain Backup Summary This PC has never been backed up!! This PC is used by root. Last email sent to root was at 7/7 01:01, subject "Backuppc has not backed up". Last status is state "idle" (backup failed) as of 7/11 13:47. Last error is "No files dumped for share Backup-Data-Folder". Pings to localhost.localdomain have succeeded 184 consecutive times. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I have tried several UID/GID settings with no luck. My current rsyncd.conf file is as follows: ####################################################################### ## ## RSYNCD config file for the backuppc server ## ####################################################################### gid = users read only = false # false will allow backuppc to restore files to the server transfer logging = false lock file = /var/run/rsync.lock log file = /var/log/rsyncd.log #pid file = /var/run/rsyncd.pid ## host allow: this is important. ## In my case leaving the subnet-mask leads to a failure, ## so I only provide the IP. ## Now you have to declare, in brackets, the RSYNC 'module', or "share name" as it is called within backuppc [Backup-Data-Folder] ## Next, set the path you want backed up. Be sure to use a trailing slash path = / read only = no list = yes # auth users = user1 hosts allow = 192.168.0.217 #secrets file = /etc/rsyncd.secrets ## the easiest way is to use the root user ## This user has "ROOT"-privileges, so he can save files. # uid = root # gid = nogroup uid = backuppc gid = root ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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/