Hi, I try to use exact the same procedures within XP and Vista. Linux-Server with backuppc, Windows-Clients with cygwin and rsyncd V3.0.4 over OpenSSH V5.1p1 for backup. This will work with XP but unfortunately not with Vista (Home Basic) :-(
In Vista I get the following error from rsyncd: pre-xfer exec returned failure (65280) rsync error: requested action not supported (code 4) and Vista pops up a small windows with the message: sh.exe would be finished and closed. The application is not any longer running correctly due to a problem. (sorry, thats my translation from german into english ;-) But "sh /etc/Backup/pre-exec.sh" from an vista cmd box works correct. Excerpt from my rsyncd.conf: ----------------- max connections = 6 log file = /var/log/backup-service.log read only = false write only = false transfer logging = no list = false max verbosity = 6 address = 127.0.0.1 pre-xfer exec = /etc/Backup/pre-exec.sh post-xfer exec = /etc/Backup/post-exec.sh [C] path = /cygdrive/c/ ----------------- My pre-exec.sh: ----------------- /bin/ManageSuspend.exe OFF exit 0 ----------------- Thanks for any hint Matthias -- Don't panic -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
