Re: [BackupPC-users] Real Time View of What Is Being Copied

[Akibu Flash]

Thanks George for responding.

With respect to your reference to: “split the host into two”, how does one 
actually do that?  My host references a certain computer consisting of various 
drives to be backed up.  How does one split that host into two separate hosts 
and (presumably) back up each of those hosts?  Thanks.

Akibu

From: George King 
Sent: Thursday, March 3, 2022 10:44 AM
To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Real Time View of What Is Being Copied


No great suggestions for resolution from me but I have some sympathy with you 
having had similar issues occasionally in the past.

I have a number of rsyncd hosts set up on my main Win10 desktop - basically one 
for each disk or part of to keep the backups down to a reasonable duration.   
I'm running DeltaCopy Server.

When one of my backups 'stalled' after having worked for a while, it would do 
as you have found and stall at the same place each time.  Other disks/hosts 
were not affected and completed fine, so it was nothing intrinsically wrong 
with DeltaCopy or backuppc.  I could monitor the file transfer via the Win10 
Task Manager>Performance Tab > Resource Monitor > Disk tab and selecting the 
right rsync process for the problematic disk.  At least that gave me confidence 
that the transfer was starting properly and progressing - and I could tell when 
it properly stuck, and at which folder on the Win10 machine.

I couldn't find any informative messages in the backuppc logs to help me solve 
it.  When I manually stopped the backups, the partial backups were generally 
removed or merged and the logs just showed that I had aborted the xfer.

What seems to have helped overcome the problem is, although I fail to 
understand quite why, are:
- splitting the host into two, and
- copying the files from the folder at which the transfer stalled into another 
folder, and
- I probably checked the Win10 folder permissions were OK and inherited by 
sub-folders.

George
On 03/03/2022 14:23, Akibu Flash wrote:
Just bumping this up… any suggestions for a resolution?  Thanks.

From: Akibu Flash <mailto:akibufl...@outlook.com>
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2022 4:32 PM
To: 
BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: [BackupPC-users] Real Time View of What Is Being Copied

Dear All,

I backup a couple of Windows machines to a linux machine via rsync.  However, 
the backup for one of the Windows machines never finishes and results in a 
partial backup.  In the CGI user interface Count column, the backup always 
seems to hang at 311941 for hours and hours.  Then at some point, the backup 
apparently stops and afterwards another backup which by that time has queued up 
starts anew.  Never do I get a completed backup only a partial (at least for 
the last year or so).

Is there a way to start a backup from the command line and have the screen show 
what in real time is actually being backed up?  If so, what would that command 
be?  It may be that the BackupPC is somehow getting stuck on a file but that is 
only speculation.

Any other ideas as to what my be happening?

I decompressed the partial backup log file (backup #884) using the command 
BackupPC_zcat XferLOG.884.z.  I have reproduced the bottom portion below.

Any assistance in helping to track down what is happening is appreciated.  I do 
see in the log that there is an error message indicating an “error in the rsync 
protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(226).

Thanks in advance.

Best, Akibu

G bpc_open(Downloads/Downloads/BackupPC-4.3.2/images/logo.gif, 0x0, 00) -> 3
G bpc_read(3 (Downloads/Downloads/BackupPC-4.3.2/images/logo.gif), buf, 1394) 
tmpFd = -1
G bpc_close(3 (Downloads/Downloads/BackupPC-4.3.2/images/logo.gif))
G bpc_fileDescFree: fdNum = 3, tmpFd = -1, tmpFileName = NULL
G bpc_lstat(Downloads/Downloads/BackupPC-4.3.2/images/logo320.png)
G bpc_file_checksum(Downloads/Downloads/BackupPC-4.3.2/images/logo320.png)
G bpc_open(Downloads/Downloads/BackupPC-4.3.2/images/logo320.png, 0x0, 00) -> 3
G bpc_read(3 (Downloads/Downloads/BackupPC-4.3.2/images/logo320.png), buf, 
7814) tmpFd = -1
G bpc_close(3 (Downloads/Downloads/BackupPC-4.3.2/images/logo320.png))
G bpc_fileDescFree: fdNum = 3, tmpFd = -1, tmpFileName = NULL
rsync_bpc: connection unexpectedly closed (23961310 bytes received so far) 
[receiver]
R bpc_sysCall_cleanup: doneInit = 1
Done: 0 errors, 0 filesExist, 0 sizeExist, 0 sizeExistComp, 0 filesTotal, 0 
sizeTotal, 0 filesNew, 0 sizeNew, 0 sizeNewComp, 24467705 inode
Parsing done: nFilesTotal = 0
rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(226) 
[receiver=3.1.3.0]
rsync_bpc: connection unexpectedly closed (24012481 bytes received so far) 
[generator]
G bpc_sysCall_cleanup: doneInit = 1
DoneGen: 0 errors, 0 filesExist, 0 sizeExist, 0 sizeExistComp, 311942 
filesTotal, 569449707538 sizeTotal, 0 filesNew, 0 sizeNew, 0 sizeNewComp, 
24467704 inode
Parsing done:

Re: [BackupPC-users] Real Time View of What Is Being Copied

[Akibu Flash]

Thanks Micha.

This may be a silly question, but how does one split the backup into several 
parts?  Does that involve designating certain folders from a particular drive 
for backup instead of the entire drive?

From: Micha Kersloot 
Sent: Thursday, March 3, 2022 9:28 AM
To: General list for user discussion, questions and support 

Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Real Time View of What Is Being Copied

Hi,

you could try to split the backup in several parts?

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Verzonden: Donderdag 3 maart 2022 15:23:23
Onderwerp: Re: [BackupPC-users] Real Time View of What Is Being Copied
Just bumping this up… any suggestions for a resolution?  Thanks.

From: Akibu Flash mailto:akibufl...@outlook.com>>
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2022 4:32 PM
To: 
BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: [BackupPC-users] Real Time View of What Is Being Copied

Dear All,

I backup a couple of Windows machines to a linux machine via rsync.  However, 
the backup for one of the Windows machines never finishes and results in a 
partial backup.  In the CGI user interface Count column, the backup always 
seems to hang at 311941 for hours and hours.  Then at some point, the backup 
apparently stops and afterwards another backup which by that time has queued up 
starts anew.  Never do I get a completed backup only a partial (at least for 
the last year or so).

Is there a way to start a backup from the command line and have the screen show 
what in real time is actually being backed up?  If so, what would that command 
be?  It may be that the BackupPC is somehow getting stuck on a file but that is 
only speculation.

Any other ideas as to what my be happening?

I decompressed the partial backup log file (backup #884) using the command 
BackupPC_zcat XferLOG.884.z.  I have reproduced the bottom portion below.

Any assistance in helping to track down what is happening is appreciated.  I do 
see in the log that there is an error message indicating an “error in the rsync 
protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(226).

Thanks in advance.

Best, Akibu

G bpc_open(Downloads/Downloads/BackupPC-4.3.2/images/logo.gif, 0x0, 00) -> 3
G bpc_read(3 (Downloads/Downloads/BackupPC-4.3.2/images/logo.gif), buf, 1394) 
tmpFd = -1
G bpc_close(3 (Downloads/Downloads/BackupPC-4.3.2/images/logo.gif))
G bpc_fileDescFree: fdNum = 3, tmpFd = -1, tmpFileName = NULL
G bpc_lstat(Downloads/Downloads/BackupPC-4.3.2/images/logo320.png)
G bpc_file_checksum(Downloads/Downloads/BackupPC-4.3.2/images/logo320.png)
G bpc_open(Downloads/Downloads/BackupPC-4.3.2/images/logo320.png, 0x0, 00) -> 3
G bpc_read(3 (Downloads/Downloads/BackupPC-4.3.2/images/logo320.png), buf, 
7814) tmpFd = -1
G bpc_close(3 (Downloads/Downloads/BackupPC-4.3.2/images/logo320.png))
G bpc_fileDescFree: fdNum = 3, tmpFd = -1, tmpFileName = NULL
rsync_bpc: connection unexpectedly closed (23961310 bytes received so far) 
[receiver]
R bpc_sysCall_cleanup: doneInit = 1
Done: 0 errors, 0 filesExist, 0 sizeExist, 0 sizeExistComp, 0 filesTotal, 0 
sizeTotal, 0 filesNew, 0 sizeNew, 0 sizeNewComp, 24467705 inode
Parsing done: nFilesTotal = 0
rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(226) 
[receiver=3.1.3.0]
rsync_bpc: connection unexpectedly closed (24012481 bytes received so far) 
[generator]
G bpc_sysCall_cleanup: doneInit = 1
DoneGen: 0 errors, 0 filesExist, 0 sizeExist, 0 sizeExistComp, 311942 
filesTotal, 569449707538 sizeTotal, 0 filesNew, 0 sizeNew, 0 sizeNewComp, 
24467704 inode
Parsing done: nFilesTotal = 311942
rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(226) 
[generator=3.1.3.0]
rsync_bpc exited with fatal status 12 (3072) (rsync error: error in rsync 
protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(226) [generator=3.1.3.0])
Xfer PIDs are now
Got fatal error during xfer (rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream 
(code 12) at io.c(226) [generator=3.1.3.0])
Backup aborted (rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at 
io.c(226) [generator=3.1.3.0])
BackupFailCleanup: nFilesTotal = 311942, type = full, BackupCase = 4, inPlace = 
0, lastBkupNum = 8

Re: [BackupPC-users] Real Time View of What Is Being Copied

[Akibu Flash]

Just bumping this up... any suggestions for a resolution?  Thanks.

From: Akibu Flash 
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2022 4:32 PM
To: BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [BackupPC-users] Real Time View of What Is Being Copied

Dear All,

I backup a couple of Windows machines to a linux machine via rsync.  However, 
the backup for one of the Windows machines never finishes and results in a 
partial backup.  In the CGI user interface Count column, the backup always 
seems to hang at 311941 for hours and hours.  Then at some point, the backup 
apparently stops and afterwards another backup which by that time has queued up 
starts anew.  Never do I get a completed backup only a partial (at least for 
the last year or so).

Is there a way to start a backup from the command line and have the screen show 
what in real time is actually being backed up?  If so, what would that command 
be?  It may be that the BackupPC is somehow getting stuck on a file but that is 
only speculation.

Any other ideas as to what my be happening?

I decompressed the partial backup log file (backup #884) using the command 
BackupPC_zcat XferLOG.884.z.  I have reproduced the bottom portion below.

Any assistance in helping to track down what is happening is appreciated.  I do 
see in the log that there is an error message indicating an "error in the rsync 
protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(226).

Thanks in advance.

Best, Akibu

G bpc_open(Downloads/Downloads/BackupPC-4.3.2/images/logo.gif, 0x0, 00) -> 3
G bpc_read(3 (Downloads/Downloads/BackupPC-4.3.2/images/logo.gif), buf, 1394) 
tmpFd = -1
G bpc_close(3 (Downloads/Downloads/BackupPC-4.3.2/images/logo.gif))
G bpc_fileDescFree: fdNum = 3, tmpFd = -1, tmpFileName = NULL
G bpc_lstat(Downloads/Downloads/BackupPC-4.3.2/images/logo320.png)
G bpc_file_checksum(Downloads/Downloads/BackupPC-4.3.2/images/logo320.png)
G bpc_open(Downloads/Downloads/BackupPC-4.3.2/images/logo320.png, 0x0, 00) -> 3
G bpc_read(3 (Downloads/Downloads/BackupPC-4.3.2/images/logo320.png), buf, 
7814) tmpFd = -1
G bpc_close(3 (Downloads/Downloads/BackupPC-4.3.2/images/logo320.png))
G bpc_fileDescFree: fdNum = 3, tmpFd = -1, tmpFileName = NULL
rsync_bpc: connection unexpectedly closed (23961310 bytes received so far) 
[receiver]
R bpc_sysCall_cleanup: doneInit = 1
Done: 0 errors, 0 filesExist, 0 sizeExist, 0 sizeExistComp, 0 filesTotal, 0 
sizeTotal, 0 filesNew, 0 sizeNew, 0 sizeNewComp, 24467705 inode
Parsing done: nFilesTotal = 0
rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(226) 
[receiver=3.1.3.0]
rsync_bpc: connection unexpectedly closed (24012481 bytes received so far) 
[generator]
G bpc_sysCall_cleanup: doneInit = 1
DoneGen: 0 errors, 0 filesExist, 0 sizeExist, 0 sizeExistComp, 311942 
filesTotal, 569449707538 sizeTotal, 0 filesNew, 0 sizeNew, 0 sizeNewComp, 
24467704 inode
Parsing done: nFilesTotal = 311942
rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(226) 
[generator=3.1.3.0]
rsync_bpc exited with fatal status 12 (3072) (rsync error: error in rsync 
protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(226) [generator=3.1.3.0])
Xfer PIDs are now
Got fatal error during xfer (rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream 
(code 12) at io.c(226) [generator=3.1.3.0])
Backup aborted (rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at 
io.c(226) [generator=3.1.3.0])
BackupFailCleanup: nFilesTotal = 311942, type = full, BackupCase = 4, inPlace = 
0, lastBkupNum = 883
Removing prior partial backup #883
Xfer PIDs are now 38440
BackupPC_backupDelete: removing #883
BackupPC_backupDelete: Merge into backup 327
mergeDir: name = attrib, path = .
bpc_attrib_backwardCompat: WriteOldStyleAttribFile = 0, KeepOldAttribFiles = 0
mergeDir: skipping name = refCnt, path = ./refCnt
mergeDir: skipping name = needFsck.newDir, path = ./refCnt/needFsck.newDir
mergeDir: skipping name = noPoolCntOk, path = ./refCnt/noPoolCntOk
mergeDir: skipping name = backupInfo, path = ./backupInfo
removing remaining directory tree /var/lib/backuppc/pc/mark-desktop/883
Xfer PIDs are now 38441,38440
BackupPC_refCountUpdate: host mark-desktop #321: gotFsck = , gotDelta = , 
gotPoolCnt = 1, gotNoPoolCntOk =
BackupPC_refCountUpdate: host mark-desktop #327: gotFsck = 1, gotDelta = , 
gotPoolCnt = 1, gotNoPoolCntOk =
BackupPC_refCountUpdate: host mark-desktop #884: gotFsck = 1, gotDelta = , 
gotPoolCnt = 1, gotNoPoolCntOk =
BackupPC_refCountUpdate: processing host mark-desktop #327 (fsck = 1)
BackupPC_refCountUpdate: processing host mark-desktop #327 deltaFile 
/var/lib/backuppc/pc/mark-desktop/327/refCnt/poolCntDelta_1_0_0_38441 with 
1048577 entries
BackupPC_refCountUpdate: processing host mark-desktop #327 deltaFile 
/var/lib/backuppc/pc/mark-desktop/327/refCnt/poolCntDelta_1_0_1_38441 with 
638055 entries
BackupPC_refCountUpdate: processing host mark-desktop #884 (fsck = 1)
BackupPC_refCountUpdate: processing host mark-desktop #884 deltaFile 
/var/lib/backuppc/pc/mark-desktop

[BackupPC-users] Real Time View of What Is Being Copied

[Akibu Flash]

Dear All,

I backup a couple of Windows machines to a linux machine via rsync.  However, 
the backup for one of the Windows machines never finishes and results in a 
partial backup.  In the CGI user interface Count column, the backup always 
seems to hang at 311941 for hours and hours.  Then at some point, the backup 
apparently stops and afterwards another backup which by that time has queued up 
starts anew.  Never do I get a completed backup only a partial (at least for 
the last year or so).

Is there a way to start a backup from the command line and have the screen show 
what in real time is actually being backed up?  If so, what would that command 
be?  It may be that the BackupPC is somehow getting stuck on a file but that is 
only speculation.

Any other ideas as to what my be happening?

I decompressed the partial backup log file (backup #884) using the command 
BackupPC_zcat XferLOG.884.z.  I have reproduced the bottom portion below.

Any assistance in helping to track down what is happening is appreciated.  I do 
see in the log that there is an error message indicating an "error in the rsync 
protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(226).

Thanks in advance.

Best, Akibu

G bpc_open(Downloads/Downloads/BackupPC-4.3.2/images/logo.gif, 0x0, 00) -> 3
G bpc_read(3 (Downloads/Downloads/BackupPC-4.3.2/images/logo.gif), buf, 1394) 
tmpFd = -1
G bpc_close(3 (Downloads/Downloads/BackupPC-4.3.2/images/logo.gif))
G bpc_fileDescFree: fdNum = 3, tmpFd = -1, tmpFileName = NULL
G bpc_lstat(Downloads/Downloads/BackupPC-4.3.2/images/logo320.png)
G bpc_file_checksum(Downloads/Downloads/BackupPC-4.3.2/images/logo320.png)
G bpc_open(Downloads/Downloads/BackupPC-4.3.2/images/logo320.png, 0x0, 00) -> 3
G bpc_read(3 (Downloads/Downloads/BackupPC-4.3.2/images/logo320.png), buf, 
7814) tmpFd = -1
G bpc_close(3 (Downloads/Downloads/BackupPC-4.3.2/images/logo320.png))
G bpc_fileDescFree: fdNum = 3, tmpFd = -1, tmpFileName = NULL
rsync_bpc: connection unexpectedly closed (23961310 bytes received so far) 
[receiver]
R bpc_sysCall_cleanup: doneInit = 1
Done: 0 errors, 0 filesExist, 0 sizeExist, 0 sizeExistComp, 0 filesTotal, 0 
sizeTotal, 0 filesNew, 0 sizeNew, 0 sizeNewComp, 24467705 inode
Parsing done: nFilesTotal = 0
rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(226) 
[receiver=3.1.3.0]
rsync_bpc: connection unexpectedly closed (24012481 bytes received so far) 
[generator]
G bpc_sysCall_cleanup: doneInit = 1
DoneGen: 0 errors, 0 filesExist, 0 sizeExist, 0 sizeExistComp, 311942 
filesTotal, 569449707538 sizeTotal, 0 filesNew, 0 sizeNew, 0 sizeNewComp, 
24467704 inode
Parsing done: nFilesTotal = 311942
rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(226) 
[generator=3.1.3.0]
rsync_bpc exited with fatal status 12 (3072) (rsync error: error in rsync 
protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(226) [generator=3.1.3.0])
Xfer PIDs are now
Got fatal error during xfer (rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream 
(code 12) at io.c(226) [generator=3.1.3.0])
Backup aborted (rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at 
io.c(226) [generator=3.1.3.0])
BackupFailCleanup: nFilesTotal = 311942, type = full, BackupCase = 4, inPlace = 
0, lastBkupNum = 883
Removing prior partial backup #883
Xfer PIDs are now 38440
BackupPC_backupDelete: removing #883
BackupPC_backupDelete: Merge into backup 327
mergeDir: name = attrib, path = .
bpc_attrib_backwardCompat: WriteOldStyleAttribFile = 0, KeepOldAttribFiles = 0
mergeDir: skipping name = refCnt, path = ./refCnt
mergeDir: skipping name = needFsck.newDir, path = ./refCnt/needFsck.newDir
mergeDir: skipping name = noPoolCntOk, path = ./refCnt/noPoolCntOk
mergeDir: skipping name = backupInfo, path = ./backupInfo
removing remaining directory tree /var/lib/backuppc/pc/mark-desktop/883
Xfer PIDs are now 38441,38440
BackupPC_refCountUpdate: host mark-desktop #321: gotFsck = , gotDelta = , 
gotPoolCnt = 1, gotNoPoolCntOk =
BackupPC_refCountUpdate: host mark-desktop #327: gotFsck = 1, gotDelta = , 
gotPoolCnt = 1, gotNoPoolCntOk =
BackupPC_refCountUpdate: host mark-desktop #884: gotFsck = 1, gotDelta = , 
gotPoolCnt = 1, gotNoPoolCntOk =
BackupPC_refCountUpdate: processing host mark-desktop #327 (fsck = 1)
BackupPC_refCountUpdate: processing host mark-desktop #327 deltaFile 
/var/lib/backuppc/pc/mark-desktop/327/refCnt/poolCntDelta_1_0_0_38441 with 
1048577 entries
BackupPC_refCountUpdate: processing host mark-desktop #327 deltaFile 
/var/lib/backuppc/pc/mark-desktop/327/refCnt/poolCntDelta_1_0_1_38441 with 
638055 entries
BackupPC_refCountUpdate: processing host mark-desktop #884 (fsck = 1)
BackupPC_refCountUpdate: processing host mark-desktop #884 deltaFile 
/var/lib/backuppc/pc/mark-desktop/884/refCnt/poolCntDelta_1_0_2_38441 with 
1048577 entries
BackupPC_refCountUpdate: processing host mark-desktop #884 deltaFile 
/var/lib/backuppc/pc/mark-desktop/884/refCnt/poolCntDelta_1_0_3_38441 with 
1048577 entries
BackupPC_refCountUpdate: processing host 

Re: [BackupPC-users] Excludes Parameter $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} Not Excluding

[Akibu Flash]

That did the trick.  Craig Barratt for President!!!

Thanks

Akibu

From: Craig Barratt via BackupPC-users 
Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 5:16 PM
To: General list for user discussion, questions and support 

Cc: Craig Barratt 
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Excludes Parameter $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} Not 
Excluding

Try removing the leading "/" from each of the exclude paths.  Also, you should 
just exclude, eg, "OneDrive", not "OneDrive/*", and same for AppData.

Craig

On Tue, Oct 13, 2020 at 5:09 PM Akibu Flash 
mailto:akibufl...@outlook.com>> wrote:
All,

I have an arch linux server backing up two Windows 10 clients via rsync.  In 
the main config.pl<http://config.pl> file, I have excluded via 
$Conf{BackupFilesExclude} several subdirectories and files (listed below).  
However, they don't seem to be being excluded by backuppc.  I don't have any 
per-pc excludes as all of the subdirectories and files to be exlcuded are 
common on both machines.  Is there something about the exclude syntax that I am 
misunderstanding?  On each machine the share to be backed up 
$Conf{RsyncShareName} is "/mnt/c/Users/".  Below I have listed the 
$Conf{BackupFilesExclude} entries.  I have also listed a snippet of the error 
messages that I am getting.  There are thousands of the error messages.  
Sometimes the error mesage is "Permission denied" and sometimes it is "Invalid 
argument".  However, those directories and files that backuppc is trying to 
access are supposed to be being excluded to begin with.  Any assistance would 
be greatly appreciated. Thank you,

Akibu

$Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = {
  '*' => [
'/OneDrive/*',
'/desktop.ini',
'/$RECYCLE.BIN',
'/DumpStack.log',
'/DumpStack.log.tmp',
'/System Volume Information',
'/AppData/*',
'/Application Data',
'/.bzvol',
'/.ssh',
'/.docker',
'/.VirtualBox',
'/.swt',
'/NTUser*'
  ]
};

[cid:17524763bfccb971f161]

snippet of error messages below:

rsync: send_files failed to open 
"/mnt/c/Users/rocky/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/UsrClass.dat.LOG2": 
Permission denied (13)
rsync: send_files failed to open 
"/mnt/c/Users/rocky/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/WebCacheLock.dat": 
Permission denied (13)
rsync: send_files failed to open 
"/mnt/c/Users/rocky/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/WebCache/V01.log": 
Permission denied (13)
rsync: send_files failed to open 
"/mnt/c/Users/rocky/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/WebCache/V01tmp.log": 
Permission denied (13)
rsync: send_files failed to open 
"/mnt/c/Users/rocky/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/WebCache/WebCacheV01.dat": 
Permission denied (13)
rsync: send_files failed to open 
"/mnt/c/Users/rocky/OneDrive/Documents/Corsair_SSD_120G_Contents/Users/rocky_CORSAIR_SSD_120G/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/Notifications/wpnidm/3191fe4c.jpg":
 Invalid argument (22)
rsync: send_files failed to open 
"/mnt/c/Users/rocky/OneDrive/Documents/Corsair_SSD_120G_Contents/Users/rocky_CORSAIR_SSD_120G/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/Notifications/wpnidm/31a625f5.jpg":
 Invalid argument (22)
rsync: send_files failed to open 
"/mnt/c/Users/rocky/OneDrive/Documents/Corsair_SSD_120G_Contents/Users/rocky_CORSAIR_SSD_120G/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/Notifications/wpnidm/32d1b55c.jpg":
 Invalid argument (22)
rsync: send_files failed to open 
"/mnt/c/Users/rocky/OneDrive/Documents/Corsair_SSD_120G_Contents/Users/rocky_CORSAIR_SSD_120G/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/Notifications/wpnidm/3efdab29.jpg":
 Invalid argument (22)

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[BackupPC-users] Excludes Parameter $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} Not Excluding

[Akibu Flash]

All,

I have an arch linux server backing up two Windows 10 clients via rsync.  In 
the main config.pl file, I have excluded via $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} several 
subdirectories and files (listed below).  However, they don't seem to be being 
excluded by backuppc.  I don't have any per-pc excludes as all of the 
subdirectories and files to be exlcuded are common on both machines.  Is there 
something about the exclude syntax that I am misunderstanding?  On each machine 
the share to be backed up $Conf{RsyncShareName} is "/mnt/c/Users/".  Below I 
have listed the $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} entries.  I have also listed a 
snippet of the error messages that I am getting.  There are thousands of the 
error messages.  Sometimes the error mesage is "Permission denied" and 
sometimes it is "Invalid argument".  However, those directories and files that 
backuppc is trying to access are supposed to be being excluded to begin with.  
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you,

Akibu

$Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = {
  '*' => [
'/OneDrive/*',
'/desktop.ini',
'/$RECYCLE.BIN',
'/DumpStack.log',
'/DumpStack.log.tmp',
'/System Volume Information',
'/AppData/*',
'/Application Data',
'/.bzvol',
'/.ssh',
'/.docker',
'/.VirtualBox',
'/.swt',
'/NTUser*'
  ]
};

[cid:74645df8-ef57-41cb-bc9f-d68777ae3653]

snippet of error messages below:

rsync: send_files failed to open 
"/mnt/c/Users/rocky/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/UsrClass.dat.LOG2": 
Permission denied (13)
rsync: send_files failed to open 
"/mnt/c/Users/rocky/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/WebCacheLock.dat": 
Permission denied (13)
rsync: send_files failed to open 
"/mnt/c/Users/rocky/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/WebCache/V01.log": 
Permission denied (13)
rsync: send_files failed to open 
"/mnt/c/Users/rocky/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/WebCache/V01tmp.log": 
Permission denied (13)
rsync: send_files failed to open 
"/mnt/c/Users/rocky/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/WebCache/WebCacheV01.dat": 
Permission denied (13)
rsync: send_files failed to open 
"/mnt/c/Users/rocky/OneDrive/Documents/Corsair_SSD_120G_Contents/Users/rocky_CORSAIR_SSD_120G/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/Notifications/wpnidm/3191fe4c.jpg":
 Invalid argument (22)
rsync: send_files failed to open 
"/mnt/c/Users/rocky/OneDrive/Documents/Corsair_SSD_120G_Contents/Users/rocky_CORSAIR_SSD_120G/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/Notifications/wpnidm/31a625f5.jpg":
 Invalid argument (22)
rsync: send_files failed to open 
"/mnt/c/Users/rocky/OneDrive/Documents/Corsair_SSD_120G_Contents/Users/rocky_CORSAIR_SSD_120G/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/Notifications/wpnidm/32d1b55c.jpg":
 Invalid argument (22)
rsync: send_files failed to open 
"/mnt/c/Users/rocky/OneDrive/Documents/Corsair_SSD_120G_Contents/Users/rocky_CORSAIR_SSD_120G/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/Notifications/wpnidm/3efdab29.jpg":
 Invalid argument (22)

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[BackupPC-users] BackupPC Service Status "Count" Column

[Akibu Flash]

All,

In the CGI Interface on the BackupPC Service Status Page there is a Column 
labelled "Count".  What exactly is that determining? Is it the number of files 
that have been backed up from that share?  The reason I ask is because mine has 
been stuck on 58721 for quite some time.  What could be causing this and how 
can I determine what is happening? There is nothing in the log file currently 
that I can see which could be causing a problem.  I have included a snippet 
below.

For context, I am running BackupPC version 4 on an Arch Linux server and am 
backing up a Windows 10 machine via rsyncd.

On a related note, is there a way to see what specifically is being copied at 
any one time... in other words, is there a way to pipe out to the screen what 
BackupPC is copying at the moment?  And if so, can someone walk me through how 
to do that?

Thanks in advance,

Akibu

bpc_attrib_backwardCompat: WriteOldStyleAttribFile = 0, KeepOldAttribFiles = 0
2020-07-21 22:12:00 Renaming /var/lib/backuppc/pc/mark-desktop/XferLOG.0.z -> 
/var/lib/backuppc/pc/mark-desktop/XferLOG.0.z.tmp
2020-07-21 22:15:45 full backup started for directory Sabrent
2020-07-21 22:36:26 full backup started for directory HGST_HDD_6T
2020-07-22 01:35:29 full backup started for directory HGST_HDD_8T1
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Re: [BackupPC-users] CGI Script Fails to Run But Actual Text of Script Displays Instead

[Akibu Flash]

Thanks Greg for the suggestion on what to check.

However, I just checked my Apache php implementation with a test php file from 
the Arch Linux Apache page 
(https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Apache_HTTP_Server) and it appears to 
work fine.   Could there be something weird going on in the script?  Thanks in 
advance.
Apache HTTP Server - ArchWiki - Arch 
Linux<https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Apache_HTTP_Server>
The Apache HTTP Server, or Apache for short, is a very popular web server, 
developed by the Apache Software Foundation.. This article describes how to set 
up Apache and how to optionally integrate it with PHP.
wiki.archlinux.org


From: Greg Harris 
Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2020 6:24 PM
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Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] CGI Script Fails to Run But Actual Text of Script 
Displays Instead

Apache is not reading the .php files as php, but text.

Thanks,

Greg Harris

On Apr 26, 2020, at 8:22 PM, Akibu Flash  wrote:


I am running an Arch Linux server (5.6.6) for the purpose of backing up several 
Windows 10 machines on a home local area  network.  I have installed the 
package distribution and also Apache with mod_perl support.  Backuppc along 
with Apache are listed as running when I check systemctl status for each.  From 
one of the Windows 10 machines on the network, I am able to access the BackupPC 
server by typing in the backuppc server address appended with /BackupPC_Admin.  
However, I seem to only get the actual text of the script rather than the 
script running.  Any guidance on what I am doing wrong.  I have followed 
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/BackupPC to the letter.  Particularly, I 
have followed the below section regarding single purpose Apache:

Apache configuration

BackupPC has a web interface that allows you to easily control it. You can 
access it using Apache and mod_perl or a C wrapper but other webservers like 
lighttpd<https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?name=lighttpd> works too. Install 
apache<https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?name=apache> from the official 
repositories.

Edit Apache configuration

BackupPC's web UI needs to run as the user backuppc, but Apache normally runs 
under the user http. There are several ways to fix this. The two demonstrated 
here are common for single-purpose servers (Apache is only used to serve the 
BackupPC UI) or for multi-purpose servers (Apache may also server other 
websites under the regular http user).

Setting up Apache for single-purpose use is a bit easier but not as flexible.

General settings

Edit /etc/backuppc/config.pl. Set administrator name:

$Conf{CgiAdminUsers} = 'admin';


Next, we need to add a users file and set the admin password:

# htpasswd -c /etc/backuppc/backuppc.users admin


The BackupPC-Webfrontend is initially configured so that you can only access it 
from the localhost. If you want to access it from all machines in your network, 
you have to edit /etc/httpd/conf/extra/backuppc.conf. Edit the line:

Require ip 127.0.0.1


to:

Require ip 127.0.0.1 192.168.0


where you have to replace 192.168.0 to your corresponding IP-Adresses you want 
to gain access from. After one of the configuration steps below has also been 
performed, [re]start the Apache service.

Single-purpose Apache settings

Install<https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Install> 
mod_perl<https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/mod_perl/>AUR from the official 
repositories<https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Official_repositories>.

Edit the Apache configuration file to load mod_perl, tell Apache to run as user 
backuppc and to include /etc/httpd/conf/extra/backuppc.conf:

/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

 LoadModule perl_module modules/mod_perl.so
 User backuppc
 Group backuppc
 Include conf/extra/backuppc.conf

I assume that it is a simple fix but don't quite know where to begin.  Any 
assistance is appreciated.  Thanks.

Akibu
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[BackupPC-users] CGI Script Fails to Run But Actual Text of Script Displays Instead

[Akibu Flash]

I am running an Arch Linux server (5.6.6) for the purpose of backing up several 
Windows 10 machines on a home local area  network.  I have installed the 
package distribution and also Apache with mod_perl support.  Backuppc along 
with Apache are listed as running when I check systemctl status for each.  From 
one of the Windows 10 machines on the network, I am able to access the BackupPC 
server by typing in the backuppc server address appended with /BackupPC_Admin.  
However, I seem to only get the actual text of the script rather than the 
script running.  Any guidance on what I am doing wrong.  I have followed 
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/BackupPC to the letter.  Particularly, I 
have followed the below section regarding single purpose Apache:

Apache configuration

BackupPC has a web interface that allows you to easily control it. You can 
access it using Apache and mod_perl or a C wrapper but other webservers like 
lighttpd works too. Install 
apache from the official 
repositories.

Edit Apache configuration

BackupPC's web UI needs to run as the user backuppc, but Apache normally runs 
under the user http. There are several ways to fix this. The two demonstrated 
here are common for single-purpose servers (Apache is only used to serve the 
BackupPC UI) or for multi-purpose servers (Apache may also server other 
websites under the regular http user).

Setting up Apache for single-purpose use is a bit easier but not as flexible.

General settings

Edit /etc/backuppc/config.pl. Set administrator name:

$Conf{CgiAdminUsers} = 'admin';


Next, we need to add a users file and set the admin password:

# htpasswd -c /etc/backuppc/backuppc.users admin


The BackupPC-Webfrontend is initially configured so that you can only access it 
from the localhost. If you want to access it from all machines in your network, 
you have to edit /etc/httpd/conf/extra/backuppc.conf. Edit the line:

Require ip 127.0.0.1


to:

Require ip 127.0.0.1 192.168.0


where you have to replace 192.168.0 to your corresponding IP-Adresses you want 
to gain access from. After one of the configuration steps below has also been 
performed, [re]start the Apache service.

Single-purpose Apache settings

Install 
mod_perlAUR from the official 
repositories.

Edit the Apache configuration file to load mod_perl, tell Apache to run as user 
backuppc and to include /etc/httpd/conf/extra/backuppc.conf:

/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

 LoadModule perl_module modules/mod_perl.so
 User backuppc
 Group backuppc
 Include conf/extra/backuppc.conf

I assume that it is a simple fix but don't quite know where to begin.  Any 
assistance is appreciated.  Thanks.

Akibu
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Re: [BackupPC-users] Are Files Re-Copied In Pool On Reinstall of Backup Client Operating System

[Akibu Flash]

So, does the BackupPC pool keep the original backed-up files indefinitely, or 
is there a period of time after which it deletes the files, the theory being it 
doesn't see that Windows client anymore and thus the pool files aren't needed 
anymore.  For example, if I my Windows machine is off line for a couple of 
weeks while I am reinstalling the operating system, will BackupPC delete the 
files in the interim?  Thanks.

From: Akibu Flash 
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2018 8:02 AM
To: Robert Trevellyan; General list for user discussion, questions and support
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Are Files Re-Copied In Pool On Reinstall of 
Backup Client Operating System

I am using rsync as the transfer method.

From: Robert Trevellyan 
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2018 7:55 AM
To: General list for user discussion, questions and support
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Are Files Re-Copied In Pool On Reinstall of 
Backup Client Operating System

Which transfer method are you using? With rsync or rsyncd, the data will not be 
copied again.

Robert Trevellyan

On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 10:46 AM, Akibu Flash 
mailto:akibufl...@outlook.com>> wrote:
I am using BackupPC 4 on an ArchLinux distribution to backup a Windows client.  
The amount of data on the Windows client being backed up is about 3.7 terabytes 
in the BackupPC pool.  I would like to reinstall the operating system on my 
Windows computer and would like to know the following:

1) Once I reinstall the operating system and direct BackupPC to resume backing 
up that Windows client, will BackupPC re-copy all of the data from the Windows 
client into the pool?

2) On resuming backing up the Windows client, will BackupPC basically first 
look at the data to be backed up on the Windows client and then realize that it 
already has that data in the pool and therefore will not re-copy the data but 
will link to it in the pool.

The reason I ask re re-copying the data is because the ArchLinux server only 
has about 5 terabytes of space available of which 3.7 terabytes is already 
filled with backups from the old Windows client and thus if it re-copies the 
data from the reinstalled Windows client (even if it later de-duplicates  the 
data), the ArchLinux server will run out of space.

Thanks in advance.

Akibu

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Re: [BackupPC-users] Are Files Re-Copied In Pool On Reinstall of Backup Client Operating System

[Akibu Flash]

I am using rsync as the transfer method.

From: Robert Trevellyan 
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2018 7:55 AM
To: General list for user discussion, questions and support
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Are Files Re-Copied In Pool On Reinstall of 
Backup Client Operating System

Which transfer method are you using? With rsync or rsyncd, the data will not be 
copied again.

Robert Trevellyan

On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 10:46 AM, Akibu Flash 
mailto:akibufl...@outlook.com>> wrote:
I am using BackupPC 4 on an ArchLinux distribution to backup a Windows client.  
The amount of data on the Windows client being backed up is about 3.7 terabytes 
in the BackupPC pool.  I would like to reinstall the operating system on my 
Windows computer and would like to know the following:

1) Once I reinstall the operating system and direct BackupPC to resume backing 
up that Windows client, will BackupPC re-copy all of the data from the Windows 
client into the pool?

2) On resuming backing up the Windows client, will BackupPC basically first 
look at the data to be backed up on the Windows client and then realize that it 
already has that data in the pool and therefore will not re-copy the data but 
will link to it in the pool.

The reason I ask re re-copying the data is because the ArchLinux server only 
has about 5 terabytes of space available of which 3.7 terabytes is already 
filled with backups from the old Windows client and thus if it re-copies the 
data from the reinstalled Windows client (even if it later de-duplicates  the 
data), the ArchLinux server will run out of space.

Thanks in advance.

Akibu

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[BackupPC-users] Are Files Re-Copied In Pool On Reinstall of Backup Client Operating System

[Akibu Flash]

I am using BackupPC 4 on an ArchLinux distribution to backup a Windows client.  
The amount of data on the Windows client being backed up is about 3.7 terabytes 
in the BackupPC pool.  I would like to reinstall the operating system on my 
Windows computer and would like to know the following:

1) Once I reinstall the operating system and direct BackupPC to resume backing 
up that Windows client, will BackupPC re-copy all of the data from the Windows 
client into the pool?

2) On resuming backing up the Windows client, will BackupPC basically first 
look at the data to be backed up on the Windows client and then realize that it 
already has that data in the pool and therefore will not re-copy the data but 
will link to it in the pool.

The reason I ask re re-copying the data is because the ArchLinux server only 
has about 5 terabytes of space available of which 3.7 terabytes is already 
filled with backups from the old Windows client and thus if it re-copies the 
data from the reinstalled Windows client (even if it later de-duplicates  the 
data), the ArchLinux server will run out of space.

Thanks in advance.

Akibu
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Re: [BackupPC-users] Fedora 27 and SCGI

[Akibu Flash]

Thanks @Michael Stowe<mailto:michael.st...@member.mensa.org>.


Concerning the 9 port number, I only put 9 in the email as a stand in 
number as I did not know if there was any security ramification to disclosing 
the actual port publicly.  The port is actually 10268.


Concerning mod_scgi not being enabled, that may be the case, but I don't know 
how to enable it.  I know that on a debian based system, I would enable the 
module by use of "a2enmod".  However, there is no such module enabler on Fedora 
and the apache documentation doesn't really say how it is done.  Any 
suggestions as to the command to use?



From: Michael Stowe <michael.st...@member.mensa.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2017 6:23 PM
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Cc: Akibu Flash
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Fedora 27 and SCGI


On 2017-12-31 17:51, Akibu Flash wrote:

I am running a Fedora 27 server and am attempting to get backuppc working. It 
installs without event using the command “dnf install backuppc”. I have also 
installed the apache webserver. BackupPC starts as expected with the command 
“systemctl start backuppc”. My issue is that I am unable to get the CGI 
interface working. I am attempting to use SCGI as described in the manual. I 
have input "$Conf{SCGIServerPort} = 9; in my config.pl file. Also, I have 
input the following lines in my /etc/httpd/conf.d/BackupPC.conf file:

LoadModule proxy_scgi_module modules/mod_proxy_scgi.so

SCGIMount /BackupPC_Admin 127.0.0.1:9


AuthUserFile /etc/httpd/conf/passwd
AuthType basic
AuthName "backuppc"
require all granted


Port numbers are 16-bit integers, so you might want to start by picking a valid 
port within that range.

However, when trying to restart the apache server, I get the following error 
message:

Invalid command ‘SCGIMount’, perhaps misspelled or defined by a module not 
included in the server configuration Dec 31 20:44:43 localhost.localdomain 
systemd[1]: httpd.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE 
Dec 31 20:44:43 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Failed to start The Apache 
HTTP Server. Dec 31 20:44:43 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: httpd.service: 
Unit entered failed state. Dec 31 20:44:43 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: 
httpd.service: Failed with result ‘exit-code’.

I am unclear where to go from here. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

Akibu

That error is telling you that mod_scgi is not enabled.


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[BackupPC-users] Fedora 27 and SCGI

[Akibu Flash]

I am running a Fedora 27 server and am attempting to get backuppc working.  It 
installs without event using the command “dnf install backuppc”.  I have also 
installed the apache webserver.  BackupPC starts as expected with the command 
“systemctl start backuppc”.  My issue is that I am unable to get the CGI 
interface working.  I am attempting to use SCGI as described in the manual.  I 
have input "$Conf{SCGIServerPort} = 9; in my config.pl file.  Also, I have 
input the following lines in my /etc/httpd/conf.d/BackupPC.conf file:


LoadModule proxy_scgi_module modules/mod_proxy_scgi.so

SCGIMount /BackupPC_Admin 127.0.0.1:9

AuthUserFile /etc/httpd/conf/passwd
AuthType basic
AuthName "backuppc"
require all granted



However, when trying to restart the apache server, I get the following error 
message:


Invalid command 'SCGIMount', perhaps misspelled or defined by a module not 
included in the server configuration
Dec 31 20:44:43 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: httpd.service: Main process 
exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Dec 31 20:44:43 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Failed to start The Apache 
HTTP Server.
Dec 31 20:44:43 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: httpd.service: Unit entered 
failed state.
Dec 31 20:44:43 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: httpd.service: Failed with 
result 'exit-code'.


I am unclear where to go from here.  Any help is appreciated.  Thanks.


Akibu
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Re: [BackupPC-users] Could Not Open Password File

[Akibu Flash]

sure 
if this has any negative consequences, it allowed me to run some commands.


IV. Starting the GUI
a) init.d is NOT used in Fedora 26! Fedora has been SystemD based for many 
releases now and the package installs the systemd service file.


b) In terminal

# sudo systemctl enable httpd
# sudo systemctl enable backuppc
# sudo systemctl start backuppc

If all goes well pointing your browser to the gui at http://localhost/BackupPC 
should show the interface. Keep in mind that the default apache configuration 
only allows access from localhost, if you want to access it from another 
machine you'll have to edit the configuration in 
/etc/httpd/conf.d/BackupPC.conf.

Then reboot the machine (this is important), then test the link to the gui. If 
all goes well, then start the fun! If you still don't connect, perhaps it'a an 
apache-related error, which you may be able to debug in the apache log in 
/var/log/httpd




Enjoy,


Bob Katz

On 7/12/17 11:21 PM, Akibu Flash wrote:
I did a package install of BackupPC 4.1.3 on a Fedora 26 server.  BackupPC 
appears to be running, though I cannot access it via the CGI interface.  When I 
check the httpd error log, it states: "Permission denied:  Could not open 
password file: /etc/BackupPC/apache.users".  I changed the permissions on 
/etc/BackupPC/apache.users to rwx for everyone, but this did not solve the 
problem.  My /etc/httpd/conf.d/BackupPC.conf file contents is below.



# BackupPC requires valid authentication in order for the web interface to
# function properly.  One can view the web interface without authentication
# though all functionality is disabled.
#
# htpasswd -c /etc/BackupPC/apache.users yourusername

AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /etc/BackupPC/apache.users
AuthName "BackupPC"


  # Apache 2.4
  
Require valid-user

  Require local
  Require ip 10.10.10

  


  # Apache 2.2
  order deny,allow
  deny from all
  allow from 127.0.0.1
  allow from ::1
  allow from 10.10.10
  require valid-user





Alias   /BackupPC/images/usr/share/BackupPC/html/
ScriptAlias /BackupPC   /usr/libexec/BackupPC/BackupPC_Admin
ScriptAlias /backuppc   /usr/libexec/BackupPC/BackupPC_Admin

Any ideas on how to resolve this? Thanks in advance.

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Re: [BackupPC-users] Could Not Open Password File

[Akibu Flash]

So should I change the owner and group for apache.users to owner backuppc and 
group backuppc?

From: Richard Shaw [mailto:hobbes1...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2017 8:47 AM
To: Akibu Flash <akibufl...@outlook.com>
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<backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Could Not Open Password File

On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 7:35 AM, Akibu Flash 
<akibufl...@outlook.com<mailto:akibufl...@outlook.com>> wrote:
Thanks Richard.  See below:

-r--rw-rw-. 1 root root47 Jul 12 21:36 apache.users


I don't really have a good way to deal with this from a packaging perspective, 
I'll review the readme's and see if I can make it more clear.

You obviously created the apache.users files from root, the file needs to have 
the same owner and group as the other files (backuppc/apache). After that the 
usual attributes should work (644).

Thanks,
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Re: [BackupPC-users] Could Not Open Password File

[Akibu Flash]

Thanks Richard.  See below:

[root@linux-server akibu]# ls -la /etc/BackupPC
total 180
drwxr-x---. 1 backuppc backuppc   116 Jul 12 21:35 .
drwxr-xr-x. 1 root root  3718 Jul 13 00:12 ..
-r--rw-rw-. 1 root root47 Jul 12 21:36 apache.users
-rw-r--r--. 1 backuppc apache   85270 Jul 11 21:26 config.pl
-rw-r--r--. 1 backuppc apache   85284 Jun  5 15:18 config.pl.sample
-rw-r--r--. 1 backuppc apache2214 Jun  5 15:18 hosts
-rw-r--r--. 1 backuppc apache2214 Jun  5 15:18 hosts.sample
-rw-r-. 1 backuppc backuppc 0 Jul 13 01:00 LOCK

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Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Could Not Open Password File

A ls -l /etc/BackupPC may be more useful. I thought I had fixed that...

Thanks,
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[BackupPC-users] Could Not Open Password File

[Akibu Flash]

I did a package install of BackupPC 4.1.3 on a Fedora 26 server.  BackupPC 
appears to be running, though I cannot access it via the CGI interface.  When I 
check the httpd error log, it states: "Permission denied:  Could not open 
password file: /etc/BackupPC/apache.users".  I changed the permissions on 
/etc/BackupPC/apache.users to rwx for everyone, but this did not solve the 
problem.  My /etc/httpd/conf.d/BackupPC.conf file contents is below.



# BackupPC requires valid authentication in order for the web interface to
# function properly.  One can view the web interface without authentication
# though all functionality is disabled.
#
# htpasswd -c /etc/BackupPC/apache.users yourusername

AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /etc/BackupPC/apache.users
AuthName "BackupPC"


  # Apache 2.4
  
Require valid-user

  Require local
  Require ip 10.10.10

  


  # Apache 2.2
  order deny,allow
  deny from all
  allow from 127.0.0.1
  allow from ::1
  allow from 10.10.10
  require valid-user





Alias   /BackupPC/images/usr/share/BackupPC/html/
ScriptAlias /BackupPC   /usr/libexec/BackupPC/BackupPC_Admin
ScriptAlias /backuppc   /usr/libexec/BackupPC/BackupPC_Admin

Any ideas on how to resolve this? Thanks in advance.

Akibu


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Re: [BackupPC-users] SCGI and BackupPC

[Akibu Flash]

Thanks Johan "serveripaddress/BackupPC_Admin" did the trick for at least 
getting the username and password prompt in the browser.

Of course, now I have run into another problem which seems to be apache2 
related.  When I enter the username and password, I now get the following error 
quoted:

"Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to 
complete your request.
Please contact the server administrator at webmaster@localhost to inform them 
of the time this error occurred, and the actions you performed just before this 
error.
More information about this error may be available in the server error log.
Apache/2.4.25 (Debian) Server at 10.10.10.32 Port 80"
  
I know that the username and password are correct as I have run this command to 
set them:  "htpasswd -c /etc/apache2/.htpasswd backuppc"

When I look in the log file for apache2, I see the following entry:

[Fri Jul 07 09:17:54.525318 2017] [:error] [pid 17209:tid 139848966993664] 
(111)Connection refused: [client 192.168.2.45:51689] scgi: scgi: can't connect 
to server

Any further ideas?  I presume that though it can connect to the server (as when 
I type the server ipaddress in the browser, I do see the debain "It works" 
page), it somehow is not seeing the backuppc server stuff.  

Thanks again.

-Original Message-
From: Johan Ehnberg [mailto:jo...@molnix.com] 
Sent: Friday, July 7, 2017 2:50 AM
To: Akibu Flash <akibufl...@outlook.com>
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<backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] SCGI and BackupPC

Hi,

Try /BackupPC_Admin as the address.

Best regards,
Johan EhnbergOn Jul 7, 2017 9:07 AM, Akibu Flash <akibufl...@outlook.com> wrote:
>
> All, I have installed BackupPC version 4.1.3 and have started it from the 
> command line using “systemctl start backuppc.service” on a Debian 9 system.  
> I am now attempting to setup the SCGI web interface.  I have done the 
> following:
>
>  
>
> In my backuppc config file, I have specified the SCGI Sever Port:  
> $Conf{SCGIServerPort} = ; 
>
> In my /etc/apache2/apache2.conf file, I have added the following lines:
>
>     LoadModule scgi_module modules/mod_scgi.so
>
> SCGIMount /BackupPC_Admin 127.0.0.1:
>
>  
>
> The scgi module appears to have been loaded as it is listed in the 
> mods-enabled directory under the /etc/apache2 directory.  However, when I try 
> and access backuppc in a web browser, I get the following error. 
>
> Not Found
>
> The requested URL /BackupPC was not found on this server.
>
> 
>
> Apache/2.4.25 (Debian) Server at 10.10.10.32 Port 80
>
>  
>
>  
>
> My apache2 server works fine as if I type the ipaddress of the server into 
> the web browser, I get confirmation that “It Works”.  It is probably 
> something simple that I am missing.  Do you have any suggestions?  Thanks in 
> advance.
>
>  
>
> Akibu
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[BackupPC-users] SCGI and BackupPC

[Akibu Flash]

All, I have installed BackupPC version 4.1.3 and have started it from the 
command line using "systemctl start backuppc.service" on a Debian 9 system.  I 
am now attempting to setup the SCGI web interface.  I have done the following:

In my backuppc config file, I have specified the SCGI Sever Port:  
$Conf{SCGIServerPort} = ;
In my /etc/apache2/apache2.conf file, I have added the following lines:
LoadModule scgi_module modules/mod_scgi.so
SCGIMount /BackupPC_Admin 127.0.0.1:

The scgi module appears to have been loaded as it is listed in the mods-enabled 
directory under the /etc/apache2 directory.  However, when I try and access 
backuppc in a web browser, I get the following error.
Not Found
The requested URL /BackupPC was not found on this server.

Apache/2.4.25 (Debian) Server at 10.10.10.32 Port 80


My apache2 server works fine as if I type the ipaddress of the server into the 
web browser, I get confirmation that "It Works".  It is probably something 
simple that I am missing.  Do you have any suggestions?  Thanks in advance.

Akibu
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Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC Excludes - How To

[Akibu Flash]

Great Thanks @Craig Barratt<mailto:cbarr...@users.sourceforge.net>!!!

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Akibu,

The convention is to not use the trailing "/" on rsync share names.  Unlike 
most linux utilities, in certain cases rsync will behave differently whether or 
not there is a trailing "/" on a directory name.

So you probably want do this:

$Conf{RsyncShareName} = "/cygdrive/j";
$Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = {
'/cygdrive/j' => [
'/useless_folder_1',
'/useless_folder_2'
 ]
};

Also, if the list of directories to include is shorter than the list to 
exclude, you might be better off using $Conf{BackupFilesOnly} to list the 
directories you want.  That way if you make a mistake, it's likely the backup 
is smaller (or empty), which makes debugging and iterating easier.

Craig

On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 9:59 AM, Akibu Flash 
<akibufl...@outlook.com<mailto:akibufl...@outlook.com>> wrote:

I "think" I understand... Thanks 
@mst...@chicago.us.mensa.org<mailto:mst...@chicago.us.mensa.org>.  So my share 
name i.e. $Conf{RsyncShareName} would be /cygdrive/j/ (which basically would 
backup everything on my j drive).



And to exclude files from that backup, I would put the following in the cgi 
interface for $Conf{BackupFilesExclude}  /useless_folder_1; and 
/useless_folder_2, which would generate in the config.pl<http://config.pl> 
file, what you typed.


$Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = {

'/cygdrive/j/' => [

  'useless_folder_1',

  'useless_folder_2'

 ]
};




From: Michael Stowe 
<mst...@chicago.us.mensa.org<mailto:mst...@chicago.us.mensa.org>>
Sent: Monday, June 19, 2017 9:26:33 AM
To: General list for user discussion, questions and support
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC Excludes - How To


On 2017-06-19 10:28, Akibu Flash wrote:

@Craig Barratt See below. Essentially, I am trying to avoid having to list 
multiple shares to backup for $Conf{RsyncShareName} and to just list one and 
then use $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} to exclude a few folders from that one 
share. Thanks.

$Conf{XferMethod} = rsync

$Conf{RsyncShareName} = /cygdrive/j/* #please note this is the nature of my 
question. Currently I have multiple shares listed for $Conf{RsyncShareName} 
(e.g. /cygdrive/j/Documents, /cygdrive/j/Photos, etc.) But want to pare that 
down to just one i.e. $Conf{RsyncShareName} = /cygdrive/j/* and to use the 
Excludes function to exclude the files I don't want backed up.

Because your transfer method is rsync, your share names have to match what 
rsync is using (i.e., “module name” in rsync parlance.) /cygdrive/j/ could be a 
valid share name, but /cygdrive/j/* probably isn't.

You'll need to start by getting this right.

$Conf{BackupFilesOnly} = blank

$Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = /cygdrive/j/useless_folder_1; 
/cygdrive/j/useless_folder_2; /cygdrive/j/useless_folder_3

Let's assume that your share name is ‘/cygdrive/j/’. This would look like this:

$Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = {

'/cygdrive/j/' => [

  'useless_folder_1',

  'useless_folder_2'

 ]

};

I note that this MUST match your share, OR, a ‘*’ may be used here, to match 
all shares.


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Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC Excludes - How To

[Akibu Flash]

I "think" I understand... Thanks 
@mst...@chicago.us.mensa.org<mailto:mst...@chicago.us.mensa.org>.  So my share 
name i.e. $Conf{RsyncShareName} would be /cygdrive/j/ (which basically would 
backup everything on my j drive).


And to exclude files from that backup, I would put the following in the cgi 
interface for $Conf{BackupFilesExclude}  /useless_folder_1; and 
/useless_folder_2, which would generate in the config.pl file, what you typed.


$Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = {

'/cygdrive/j/' => [
  'useless_folder_1',
  'useless_folder_2'
 ]

};



From: Michael Stowe <mst...@chicago.us.mensa.org>
Sent: Monday, June 19, 2017 9:26:33 AM
To: General list for user discussion, questions and support
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC Excludes - How To


On 2017-06-19 10:28, Akibu Flash wrote:

@Craig Barratt See below. Essentially, I am trying to avoid having to list 
multiple shares to backup for $Conf{RsyncShareName} and to just list one and 
then use $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} to exclude a few folders from that one 
share. Thanks.

$Conf{XferMethod} = rsync

$Conf{RsyncShareName} = /cygdrive/j/* #please note this is the nature of my 
question. Currently I have multiple shares listed for $Conf{RsyncShareName} 
(e.g. /cygdrive/j/Documents, /cygdrive/j/Photos, etc.) But want to pare that 
down to just one i.e. $Conf{RsyncShareName} = /cygdrive/j/* and to use the 
Excludes function to exclude the files I don't want backed up.

Because your transfer method is rsync, your share names have to match what 
rsync is using (i.e., “module name” in rsync parlance.) /cygdrive/j/ could be a 
valid share name, but /cygdrive/j/* probably isn't.

You'll need to start by getting this right.

$Conf{BackupFilesOnly} = blank

$Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = /cygdrive/j/useless_folder_1; 
/cygdrive/j/useless_folder_2; /cygdrive/j/useless_folder_3

Let's assume that your share name is ‘/cygdrive/j/’. This would look like this:

$Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = {

'/cygdrive/j/' => [
  'useless_folder_1',
  'useless_folder_2'
 ]

};

I note that this MUST match your share, OR, a ‘*’ may be used here, to match 
all shares.


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Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC Excludes - How To

[Akibu Flash]

@Craig Barratt<mailto:cbarr...@users.sourceforge.net>  See below.  Essentially, 
I am trying to avoid having to list multiple shares to backup for 
$Conf{RsyncShareName} and to just list one and then use 
$Conf{BackupFilesExclude} to exclude a few folders from that one share.  Thanks.


$Conf{XferMethod} = rsync

$Conf{RsyncShareName} = /cygdrive/j/*  #please note this is the nature of my 
question. Currently I have multiple shares listed for $Conf{RsyncShareName} 
(e.g. /cygdrive/j/Documents, /cygdrive/j/Photos, etc.)  But want to pare that 
down to just one i.e.  $Conf{RsyncShareName} = /cygdrive/j/* and to use the 
Excludes function to exclude the files I don't want backed up.

$Conf{BackupFilesOnly} = blank

$Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = /cygdrive/j/useless_folder_1; 
/cygdrive/j/useless_folder_2; /cygdrive/j/useless_folder_3


From: Craig Barratt <cra...@gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2017 9:35:25 PM
To: General list for user discussion, questions and support
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC Excludes - How To

Akibu,

So we don't have to guess, please tell us the following settings from this 
client's config file: $Conf{XferMethod}, the corresponding 
$Conf{RsyncShareName} (or $Conf{SmbShareName} etc), $Conf{BackupFilesOnly} and 
$Conf{BackupFilesExclude}.

Craig

On Sun, Jun 18, 2017 at 5:19 PM, Akibu Flash 
<akibufl...@outlook.com<mailto:akibufl...@outlook.com>> wrote:
Thank you @mst...@chicago.us.mensa.org<mailto:mst...@chicago.us.mensa.org> for 
your response.  In terms of share names, currently I am listing multiple shares 
on my “j” drive for backup e.g. /cygdrive/j/Documents; /cgdrive/j/Photos, etc.  
What I would like to do is to not list each share name and have backuppc backup 
the entire /cygdrive/j drive and merely have a couple of directories excluded 
since there are only a few directories on j that I don’t want backed up.  Does 
this mean that in the web interface, my share name would be /cygdrive/j/*?  And 
my excludes would be something like /cygdrive/j/useless_stuff_1; 
/cygdrive/j/useless_stuff_2?

Thanks again.

From: Michael Stowe 
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Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC Excludes - How To


On 2017-06-17 09:11, Akibu Flash wrote:

Now that I have gotten my backuppc to work, I am backing up certain files on a 
Windows harddrive. Most of the directories and files on the harddrive are to be 
backed up, but I want to exclude several directories from the backup and the 
files contained therein. Instead of indicating to backuppc the directories to 
be backed up in RsyncShareName (which are numerous), I would like to merely 
tell backuppc to backup the entire drive (in this case, “/cygdrive/j/”) and to 
exclude several of the directories on the the j drive (e.g. hey backuppc, 
exclude “/cygdrive/j/useless_stuff_1”, “/cygdrive/j/useless_stuff_2” etc.). How 
can this be accomplished? When I look at the backuppc excludes function using 
the cgi interface, and the examples given, I am a bit confused. Do I merely 
type the below in the cgi interface to exclude the aforementioned:

BackupFilesExclude = ['/cygdrive/j/useless_stuff_1', 
‘/cygdrive/j/useless_stuff_2’] (btw, is the “=” needed in the box or do I just 
start with the open “[”)

Or do I type the above or some variant directly into 
/etc/backuppc/config.pl<http://config.pl> or the 
akibu-desktop.pl<http://akibu-desktop.pl> config file? Thanks.

Akibu

Don't mix the syntax for the configuration web UI and the 
config.pl<http://config.pl>. The former will properly create the latter, and 
the web UI can be used without any particular knowledge of perl or use of 
brackets.

On the web UI, you will have a list of share names, or *, and then a list of 
excludes belonging to those share names. This translates to the syntax often 
shared here which corresponds to what you'd see in the 
config.pl<http://config.pl> files.

In either case, what you have above is incorrect, as your excludes need to 
correspond to a share ('*' is fine, if you want to associate excludes with all 
shares.) Since it's not obvious what your share names are, I can't tell you 
what this would be — ‘/cygdrive/j’ perhaps, but if it doesn't match the actual 
share, it won't exclude anything.


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Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC Excludes - How To

[Akibu Flash]

Thank you @mst...@chicago.us.mensa.org<mailto:mst...@chicago.us.mensa.org> for 
your response.  In terms of share names, currently I am listing multiple shares 
on my "j" drive for backup e.g. /cygdrive/j/Documents; /cgdrive/j/Photos, etc.  
What I would like to do is to not list each share name and have backuppc backup 
the entire /cygdrive/j drive and merely have a couple of directories excluded 
since there are only a few directories on j that I don't want backed up.  Does 
this mean that in the web interface, my share name would be /cygdrive/j/*?  And 
my excludes would be something like /cygdrive/j/useless_stuff_1; 
/cygdrive/j/useless_stuff_2?

Thanks again.

From: Michael Stowe [mailto:mst...@chicago.us.mensa.org]
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Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC Excludes - How To


On 2017-06-17 09:11, Akibu Flash wrote:

Now that I have gotten my backuppc to work, I am backing up certain files on a 
Windows harddrive. Most of the directories and files on the harddrive are to be 
backed up, but I want to exclude several directories from the backup and the 
files contained therein. Instead of indicating to backuppc the directories to 
be backed up in RsyncShareName (which are numerous), I would like to merely 
tell backuppc to backup the entire drive (in this case, "/cygdrive/j/") and to 
exclude several of the directories on the the j drive (e.g. hey backuppc, 
exclude "/cygdrive/j/useless_stuff_1", "/cygdrive/j/useless_stuff_2" etc.). How 
can this be accomplished? When I look at the backuppc excludes function using 
the cgi interface, and the examples given, I am a bit confused. Do I merely 
type the below in the cgi interface to exclude the aforementioned:

BackupFilesExclude = ['/cygdrive/j/useless_stuff_1', 
'/cygdrive/j/useless_stuff_2'] (btw, is the "=" needed in the box or do I just 
start with the open "[")

Or do I type the above or some variant directly into /etc/backuppc/config.pl or 
the akibu-desktop.pl config file? Thanks.

Akibu

Don't mix the syntax for the configuration web UI and the config.pl. The former 
will properly create the latter, and the web UI can be used without any 
particular knowledge of perl or use of brackets.

On the web UI, you will have a list of share names, or *, and then a list of 
excludes belonging to those share names. This translates to the syntax often 
shared here which corresponds to what you'd see in the config.pl files.

In either case, what you have above is incorrect, as your excludes need to 
correspond to a share ('*' is fine, if you want to associate excludes with all 
shares.) Since it's not obvious what your share names are, I can't tell you 
what this would be - '/cygdrive/j' perhaps, but if it doesn't match the actual 
share, it won't exclude anything.

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Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC Excludes - How To

[Akibu Flash]

Any thoughts?  Thanks.

From: Akibu Flash [mailto:akibufl...@outlook.com]
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Subject: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC Excludes - How To

Now that I have gotten my backuppc to work, I am backing up certain files on a 
Windows harddrive.  Most of the directories and files on the harddrive are to 
be backed up, but I want to exclude several directories from the backup and the 
files contained therein.  Instead of indicating to backuppc the directories to 
be backed up in RsyncShareName (which are numerous), I would like to merely 
tell backuppc to backup the entire drive (in this case, "/cygdrive/j/") and to 
exclude several of the directories on the the j drive (e.g. hey backuppc, 
exclude "/cygdrive/j/useless_stuff_1", "/cygdrive/j/useless_stuff_2" etc.).  
How can this be accomplished?  When I look at the backuppc excludes function 
using the cgi interface, and the examples given, I am a bit confused.  Do I 
merely type the below in the cgi interface to exclude the aforementioned:

BackupFilesExclude = ['/cygdrive/j/useless_stuff_1', 
'/cygdrive/j/useless_stuff_2']  (btw, is the "=" needed in the box or do I just 
start with the open "[")

Or do I type the above or some variant directly into /etc/backuppc/config.pl or 
the akibu-desktop.pl config file?  Thanks.

Akibu
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[BackupPC-users] BackupPC Excludes - How To

[Akibu Flash]

Now that I have gotten my backuppc to work, I am backing up certain files on a 
Windows harddrive.  Most of the directories and files on the harddrive are to 
be backed up, but I want to exclude several directories from the backup and the 
files contained therein.  Instead of indicating to backuppc the directories to 
be backed up in RsyncShareName (which are numerous), I would like to merely 
tell backuppc to backup the entire drive (in this case, "/cygdrive/j/") and to 
exclude several of the directories on the the j drive (e.g. hey backuppc, 
exclude "/cygdrive/j/useless_stuff_1", "/cygdrive/j/useless_stuff_2" etc.).  
How can this be accomplished?  When I look at the backuppc excludes function 
using the cgi interface, and the examples given, I am a bit confused.  Do I 
merely type the below in the cgi interface to exclude the aforementioned:

BackupFilesExclude = ['/cygdrive/j/useless_stuff_1', 
'/cygdrive/j/useless_stuff_2']  (btw, is the "=" needed in the box or do I just 
start with the open "[")

Or do I type the above or some variant directly into /etc/backuppc/config.pl or 
the akibu-desktop.pl config file?  Thanks.

Akibu
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Re: [BackupPC-users] Unexplained Error Code 255 - BackupPC

[Akibu Flash]

@Craig Barratt<mailto:cbarr...@users.sourceforge.net> that was indeed the 
problem.  I was able to get my ssh to use password-less login and sorted out 
the list of known_hosts issue and that seemed to do the trick.

From: Akibu Flash [mailto:akibufl...@outlook.com]
Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2017 10:51 PM
To: Craig Barratt <cbarr...@users.sourceforge.net>
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<backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Unexplained Error Code 255 - BackupPC

Understood.  Thanks.  Will let you know how I fare.  @Craig 
Barratt<mailto:cbarr...@users.sourceforge.net>

From: cra...@gmail.com<mailto:cra...@gmail.com> [mailto:cra...@gmail.com] On 
Behalf Of Craig Barratt
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To: Akibu Flash <akibufl...@outlook.com<mailto:akibufl...@outlook.com>>
Cc: General list for user discussion, questions and support 
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Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Unexplained Error Code 255 - BackupPC

Failed to add the host to the list of known hosts 
(/home/backuppc/.ssh/known_hosts).

In addition to password-less login, this error is also a problem.  It probably 
means your permissions on ~backuppc/.ssh/known_hosts are wrong.  Without the 
client being in known_hosts, ssh will prompt every time to be sure you want to 
proceed.

So there are two prompts (ok to proceed & password) you need to get rid of.

Craig

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Re: [BackupPC-users] Unexplained Error Code 255 - BackupPC

[Akibu Flash]

Understood.  Thanks.  Will let you know how I fare.  @Craig 
Barratt<mailto:cbarr...@users.sourceforge.net>

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Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Unexplained Error Code 255 - BackupPC

Failed to add the host to the list of known hosts 
(/home/backuppc/.ssh/known_hosts).

In addition to password-less login, this error is also a problem.  It probably 
means your permissions on ~backuppc/.ssh/known_hosts are wrong.  Without the 
client being in known_hosts, ssh will prompt every time to be sure you want to 
proceed.

So there are two prompts (ok to proceed & password) you need to get rid of.

Craig

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Re: [BackupPC-users] Unexplained Error Code 255 - BackupPC

[Akibu Flash]

Thanks @Craig Barratt<mailto:cbarr...@users.sourceforge.net>.  Looks like it is 
a little bit of both.  When I turned the firewall completely off and ran your 
command, I got the below.  However, I was never able to get in as it is asking 
for a root password for Windows and when I enter my password, it rejects it.  
Strange, as when I run this command as backuppc “ssh akibu@akibu-desktop” and 
enter my Windows password, it allows me into the Windows computer.



$ /usr/bin/ssh -v -x -l root akibu-desktop /usr/bin/rsync --server --sender 
-svvvlHogDtprce.iLsf < /dev/null
OpenSSH_7.4p1 Debian-10, OpenSSL 1.0.2k  26 Jan 2017
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
debug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 19: Applying options for *
debug1: Connecting to akibu-desktop [10.10.10.10] port 22.
debug1: Connection established.
debug1: SELinux support disabled
Could not create directory '/home/backuppc/.ssh'.
debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory
debug1: identity file /home/backuppc/.ssh/id_rsa type -1
debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory
debug1: identity file /home/backuppc/.ssh/id_rsa-cert type -1
debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory
debug1: identity file /home/backuppc/.ssh/id_dsa type -1
debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory
debug1: identity file /home/backuppc/.ssh/id_dsa-cert type -1
debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory
debug1: identity file /home/backuppc/.ssh/id_ecdsa type -1
debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory
debug1: identity file /home/backuppc/.ssh/id_ecdsa-cert type -1
debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory
debug1: identity file /home/backuppc/.ssh/id_ed25519 type -1
debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory
debug1: identity file /home/backuppc/.ssh/id_ed25519-cert type -1
debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0
debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_7.4p1 Debian-10
debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version OpenSSH_7.5
debug1: match: OpenSSH_7.5 pat OpenSSH* compat 0x0400
debug1: Authenticating to akibu-desktop:22 as 'root'
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received
debug1: kex: algorithm: curve25519-sha256
debug1: kex: host key algorithm: ecdsa-sha2-nistp256
debug1: kex: server->client cipher: chacha20-poly1...@openssh.com MAC: 
 compression: none
debug1: kex: client->server cipher: chacha20-poly1...@openssh.com MAC: 
 compression: none
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_ECDH_REPLY
debug1: Server host key: ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 
SHA256:BJndmmiWWaTD7+/ZIckopnp79Q/KlyFl6GVsqIE5mh4
The authenticity of host 'akibu-desktop (10.10.10.10)' can't be established.
ECDSA key fingerprint is SHA256:BJndmmiWWaTD7+/ZIckopnp79Q/KlyFl6GVsqIE5mh4.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
Failed to add the host to the list of known hosts 
(/home/backuppc/.ssh/known_hosts).
debug1: rekey after 134217728 blocks
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received
debug1: rekey after 134217728 blocks
debug1: SSH2_MSG_EXT_INFO received
debug1: kex_input_ext_info: 
server-sig-algs=<ssh-ed25519,ssh-rsa,rsa-sha2-256,rsa-sha2-512,ssh-dss,ecdsa-sha2-nistp256,ecdsa-sha2-nistp384,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521>
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received
debug1: Authentications that can continue: 
publickey,password,keyboard-interactive
debug1: Next authentication method: publickey
debug1: Trying private key: /home/backuppc/.ssh/id_rsa
debug1: Trying private key: /home/backuppc/.ssh/id_dsa
debug1: Trying private key: /home/backuppc/.ssh/id_ecdsa
debug1: Trying private key: /home/backuppc/.ssh/id_ed25519
debug1: Next authentication method: keyboard-interactive
debug1: Authentications that can continue: 
publickey,password,keyboard-interactive
debug1: Next authentication method: password
root@akibu-desktop's password:
debug1: Authentications that can continue: 
publickey,password,keyboard-interactive
Permission denied, please try again.
root@akibu-desktop's password:
debug1: Authentications that can continue: 
publickey,password,keyboard-interactive
Permission denied, please try again.
root@akibu-desktop's password:
debug1: Authentications that can continue: 
publickey,password,keyboard-interactive
debug1: No more authentication methods to try.
Permission denied (publickey,password,keyboard-interactive).
$

From: cra...@gmail.com [mailto:cra...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Craig Barratt
Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2017 9:25 PM
To: Akibu Flash <akibufl...@outlook.com>
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<backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Unexplained Error Code 255 - BackupPC

debug1: connect to address 10.10.10.10 port 22: Connection timed out
ssh: connect to host akibu-desktop port 22: Connection timed out

Ok, this confirms that ssh to your client does not work.  You need to figure 
out whether sshd is running on your client, or whether 

Re: [BackupPC-users] Unexplained Error Code 255 - BackupPC

[Akibu Flash]

@Craig Barratt<mailto:cbarr...@users.sourceforge.net>.  I get the below output 
when running this command  /usr/bin/ssh -v -x -l root akibu-desktop 
/usr/bin/rsync --server --sender -svvvlHogDtprce.iLsf < /dev/null

OpenSSH_7.4p1 Debian-10, OpenSSL 1.0.2k  26 Jan 2017
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
debug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 19: Applying options for *
debug1: Connecting to akibu-desktop [10.10.10.10] port 22.
debug1: connect to address 10.10.10.10 port 22: Connection timed out
ssh: connect to host akibu-desktop port 22: Connection timed out

From: cra...@gmail.com [mailto:cra...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Craig Barratt
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Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Unexplained Error Code 255 - BackupPC

Akibu,

What output do you get when you run this command (replace -q with -v, and 
redirect stdin from /dev/null):

/usr/bin/ssh -v -x -l root akibu-desktop /usr/bin/rsync --server --sender 
-svvvlHogDtprce.iLsf < /dev/null

Craig

On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 5:24 PM, Akibu Flash 
<akibufl...@outlook.com<mailto:akibufl...@outlook.com>> wrote:
@Craig Barratt<mailto:cbarr...@users.sourceforge.net>  Forgot to answer your 
second question.  Yes, the directory /mnt/j/Favorites does exist on 
akibu-desktop.  Thanks.

From: cra...@gmail.com<mailto:cra...@gmail.com> 
[mailto:cra...@gmail.com<mailto:cra...@gmail.com>] On Behalf Of Craig Barratt
Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2017 6:43 PM
To: Akibu Flash <akibufl...@outlook.com<mailto:akibufl...@outlook.com>>
Cc: General list for user discussion, questions and support 
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Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Unexplained Error Code 255 - BackupPC

Akibu,

It looks like the connection terminates immediately.  We need to figure out why.

If you run the exact ssh command as the backuppc user, do you get an error or 
any output?

su backuppcUser
/usr/bin/ssh -q -x -l root akibu-desktop /usr/bin/rsync --server --sender 
-svvvlHogDtprce.iLsf

If you don't see any output, hit ^D and you should get an error like this:

rsync: on remote machine: (null): unknown option
rsync error: syntax or usage error (code 1) at main.c(1634) [server=3.1.1]
[server] _exit_cleanup(code=1, file=main.c, line=1634): about to call exit(1)

Next, are you sure that the directory /mnt/j/Favorites on akibu-desktop exists?

Craig


On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 3:17 PM, Akibu Flash 
<akibufl...@outlook.com<mailto:akibufl...@outlook.com>> wrote:

Thanks @Craig Barratt<mailto:cbarr...@users.sourceforge.net>  The XferLOG 
beginning of the XferLOG is below.  Please advise if you see anything therein.  
Thanks again.



(Thestrace is showing the dynamic linking during startup of ssh, which isn't 
particularly relevant.  It's not showing the files being backed up.

What we are missing is the log output from XferLOG.  That has the more detailed 
information (eg, exact rsync / ssh args).  Can you send that please?  You'll 
find it in the per-PC backup directory, eg: 
/data/BackupPC/pc/clientName/XferLOG.bad.z.  Use BackupPC_zcat to uncompress it.

Craig)


XferLOG file /mnt/backup_disks/backuppc/pc/akibu-desktop/XferLOG.0.z created 
2017-06-11 18:00:44
Backup prep: type = full, case = 1, inPlace = 1, doDuplicate = 0, newBkupNum = 
0, newBkupIdx = 0, lastBkupNum = , lastBkupIdx =  (FillCycle = 0, noFillCnt = )
Running: /usr/local/bin/rsync_bpc --bpc-top-dir /mnt/backup_disks/backuppc 
--bpc-host-name akibu-desktop --bpc-share-name /mnt/j/Favorites --bpc-bkup-num 
0 --bpc-bkup-comp 3 --bpc-bkup-prevnum -1 --bpc-bkup-prevcomp -1 
--bpc-bkup-inode0 1 --bpc-attrib-new --bpc-log-level 9 -e /usr/bin/ssh\ -q\ -x\ 
-l\ root -vvv --rsync-path=/usr/bin/rsync --super --recursive --protect-args 
--numeric-ids --perms --owner --group -D --times --links --hard-links --delete 
--partial --log-format=log:\ %o\ %i\ %B\ %8U,%8G\ %9l\ %f%L --stats --checksum 
--timeout=72000 akibu-desktop:/mnt/j/Favorites/ /
full backup started for directory /mnt/j/Favorites
Xfer PIDs are now 3643
This is the rsync child about to exec /usr/local/bin/rsync_bpc
bpc_lib_conf_init: topDir = /mnt/backup_disks/backuppc, logLevel = 9
bpc_path_create(/mnt/backup_disks/backuppc/pc/akibu-desktop/0)
bpc_attrib_backwardCompat: WriteOldStyleAttribFile = 0, KeepOldAttribFiles = 0
opening connection using: /usr/bin/ssh -q -x -l root akibu-desktop 
/usr/bin/rsync --server --sender -svvvlHogDtprce.iLsf
protected args: --timeout=72000 --numeric-ids . /mnt/j/Favorites/
rsync_bpc: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes received so far) [Receiver]
bpc_sysCall_cleanup: doneInit = 1
RefCnt Deltas for new backup
Uncompressed HT:
Compressed HT:
Done: 0 errors, 0 filesExist, 0 sizeExist, 0 sizeExistComp, 0 filesTotal, 0 
sizeTotal, 0 fi

Re: [BackupPC-users] Unexplained Error Code 255 - BackupPC

[Akibu Flash]

@Craig Barratt<mailto:cbarr...@users.sourceforge.net>  Forgot to answer your 
second question.  Yes, the directory /mnt/j/Favorites does exist on 
akibu-desktop.  Thanks.

From: cra...@gmail.com [mailto:cra...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Craig Barratt
Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2017 6:43 PM
To: Akibu Flash <akibufl...@outlook.com>
Cc: General list for user discussion, questions and support 
<backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Unexplained Error Code 255 - BackupPC

Akibu,

It looks like the connection terminates immediately.  We need to figure out why.

If you run the exact ssh command as the backuppc user, do you get an error or 
any output?

su backuppcUser
/usr/bin/ssh -q -x -l root akibu-desktop /usr/bin/rsync --server --sender 
-svvvlHogDtprce.iLsf

If you don't see any output, hit ^D and you should get an error like this:

rsync: on remote machine: (null): unknown option
rsync error: syntax or usage error (code 1) at main.c(1634) [server=3.1.1]
[server] _exit_cleanup(code=1, file=main.c, line=1634): about to call exit(1)

Next, are you sure that the directory /mnt/j/Favorites on akibu-desktop exists?

Craig


On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 3:17 PM, Akibu Flash 
<akibufl...@outlook.com<mailto:akibufl...@outlook.com>> wrote:

Thanks @Craig Barratt<mailto:cbarr...@users.sourceforge.net>  The XferLOG 
beginning of the XferLOG is below.  Please advise if you see anything therein.  
Thanks again.



(Thestrace is showing the dynamic linking during startup of ssh, which isn't 
particularly relevant.  It's not showing the files being backed up.

What we are missing is the log output from XferLOG.  That has the more detailed 
information (eg, exact rsync / ssh args).  Can you send that please?  You'll 
find it in the per-PC backup directory, eg: 
/data/BackupPC/pc/clientName/XferLOG.bad.z.  Use BackupPC_zcat to uncompress it.

Craig)


XferLOG file /mnt/backup_disks/backuppc/pc/akibu-desktop/XferLOG.0.z created 
2017-06-11 18:00:44
Backup prep: type = full, case = 1, inPlace = 1, doDuplicate = 0, newBkupNum = 
0, newBkupIdx = 0, lastBkupNum = , lastBkupIdx =  (FillCycle = 0, noFillCnt = )
Running: /usr/local/bin/rsync_bpc --bpc-top-dir /mnt/backup_disks/backuppc 
--bpc-host-name akibu-desktop --bpc-share-name /mnt/j/Favorites --bpc-bkup-num 
0 --bpc-bkup-comp 3 --bpc-bkup-prevnum -1 --bpc-bkup-prevcomp -1 
--bpc-bkup-inode0 1 --bpc-attrib-new --bpc-log-level 9 -e /usr/bin/ssh\ -q\ -x\ 
-l\ root -vvv --rsync-path=/usr/bin/rsync --super --recursive --protect-args 
--numeric-ids --perms --owner --group -D --times --links --hard-links --delete 
--partial --log-format=log:\ %o\ %i\ %B\ %8U,%8G\ %9l\ %f%L --stats --checksum 
--timeout=72000 akibu-desktop:/mnt/j/Favorites/ /
full backup started for directory /mnt/j/Favorites
Xfer PIDs are now 3643
This is the rsync child about to exec /usr/local/bin/rsync_bpc
bpc_lib_conf_init: topDir = /mnt/backup_disks/backuppc, logLevel = 9
bpc_path_create(/mnt/backup_disks/backuppc/pc/akibu-desktop/0)
bpc_attrib_backwardCompat: WriteOldStyleAttribFile = 0, KeepOldAttribFiles = 0
opening connection using: /usr/bin/ssh -q -x -l root akibu-desktop 
/usr/bin/rsync --server --sender -svvvlHogDtprce.iLsf
protected args: --timeout=72000 --numeric-ids . /mnt/j/Favorites/
rsync_bpc: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes received so far) [Receiver]
bpc_sysCall_cleanup: doneInit = 1
RefCnt Deltas for new backup
Uncompressed HT:
Compressed HT:
Done: 0 errors, 0 filesExist, 0 sizeExist, 0 sizeExistComp, 0 filesTotal, 0 
sizeTotal, 0 filesNew, 0 sizeNew, 0 sizeNewComp, 1 inode
Parsing done: nFilesTotal = 0
rsync error: unexplained error (code 255) at io.c(629) [Receiver=3.0.9.6]
[Receiver] _exit_cleanup(code=12, file=io.c, line=629): about to call exit(255)
rsync_bpc exited with fatal status 255 (65280) (rsync error: unexplained error 
(code 255) at io.c(629) [Receiver=3.0.9.6])
Xfer PIDs are now
Got fatal error during xfer (rsync error: unexplained error (code 255) at 
io.c(629) [Receiver=3.0.9.6])
Backup aborted (rsync error: unexplained error (code 255) at io.c(629) 
[Receiver=3.0.9.6])
BackupFailCleanup: nFilesTotal = 0, type = full, BackupCase = 1, inPlace = 1, 
lastBkupNum =
Removing empty backup #0
Xfer PIDs are now 3663
BackupPC_backupDelete: removing #0
BackupPC_backupDelete: No prior backup for merge
Xfer PIDs are now 3664,3663
BackupPC_refCountUpdate: computing totals for host akibu-desktop
bpc_lib_conf_init: topDir = /mnt/backup_disks/backuppc, logLevel = 9
bpc_attrib_backwardCompat: WriteOldStyleAttribFile = 0, KeepOldAttribFiles = 0
BackupPC_refCountUpdate: host akibu-desktop got 0 errors (took 0 secs)
BackupPC_refCountUpdate total errors: 0
Xfer PIDs are now 3663
BackupPC_backupDelete: got 0 errors
Xfer PIDs are now
Finished BackupPC_backupDelete, status = 0 (running time: 0 sec)
Xfer PIDs are now
Running BackupPC_refCountUpdate -h akibu-desktop -f on akibu-desktop
Xfer PIDs are now 3665
BackupPC_refCountUpdate: com

Re: [BackupPC-users] Unexplained Error Code 255 - BackupPC

[Akibu Flash]

Thanks @Craig Barratt<mailto:cbarr...@users.sourceforge.net>.  I don’t get any 
output or error whatsoever when running the command you suggested.  I tried 
hitting ^D but still did not get an error or output.  (btw, is that a 
Ctrl+Shift+D or Ctrl+D (neither produced an output though)).  Thanks.

From: cra...@gmail.com [mailto:cra...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Craig Barratt
Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2017 6:43 PM
To: Akibu Flash <akibufl...@outlook.com>
Cc: General list for user discussion, questions and support 
<backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Unexplained Error Code 255 - BackupPC

Akibu,

It looks like the connection terminates immediately.  We need to figure out why.

If you run the exact ssh command as the backuppc user, do you get an error or 
any output?

su backuppcUser
/usr/bin/ssh -q -x -l root akibu-desktop /usr/bin/rsync --server --sender 
-svvvlHogDtprce.iLsf

If you don't see any output, hit ^D and you should get an error like this:

rsync: on remote machine: (null): unknown option
rsync error: syntax or usage error (code 1) at main.c(1634) [server=3.1.1]
[server] _exit_cleanup(code=1, file=main.c, line=1634): about to call exit(1)

Next, are you sure that the directory /mnt/j/Favorites on akibu-desktop exists?

Craig


On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 3:17 PM, Akibu Flash 
<akibufl...@outlook.com<mailto:akibufl...@outlook.com>> wrote:

Thanks @Craig Barratt<mailto:cbarr...@users.sourceforge.net>  The XferLOG 
beginning of the XferLOG is below.  Please advise if you see anything therein.  
Thanks again.



(Thestrace is showing the dynamic linking during startup of ssh, which isn't 
particularly relevant.  It's not showing the files being backed up.

What we are missing is the log output from XferLOG.  That has the more detailed 
information (eg, exact rsync / ssh args).  Can you send that please?  You'll 
find it in the per-PC backup directory, eg: 
/data/BackupPC/pc/clientName/XferLOG.bad.z.  Use BackupPC_zcat to uncompress it.

Craig)


XferLOG file /mnt/backup_disks/backuppc/pc/akibu-desktop/XferLOG.0.z created 
2017-06-11 18:00:44
Backup prep: type = full, case = 1, inPlace = 1, doDuplicate = 0, newBkupNum = 
0, newBkupIdx = 0, lastBkupNum = , lastBkupIdx =  (FillCycle = 0, noFillCnt = )
Running: /usr/local/bin/rsync_bpc --bpc-top-dir /mnt/backup_disks/backuppc 
--bpc-host-name akibu-desktop --bpc-share-name /mnt/j/Favorites --bpc-bkup-num 
0 --bpc-bkup-comp 3 --bpc-bkup-prevnum -1 --bpc-bkup-prevcomp -1 
--bpc-bkup-inode0 1 --bpc-attrib-new --bpc-log-level 9 -e /usr/bin/ssh\ -q\ -x\ 
-l\ root -vvv --rsync-path=/usr/bin/rsync --super --recursive --protect-args 
--numeric-ids --perms --owner --group -D --times --links --hard-links --delete 
--partial --log-format=log:\ %o\ %i\ %B\ %8U,%8G\ %9l\ %f%L --stats --checksum 
--timeout=72000 akibu-desktop:/mnt/j/Favorites/ /
full backup started for directory /mnt/j/Favorites
Xfer PIDs are now 3643
This is the rsync child about to exec /usr/local/bin/rsync_bpc
bpc_lib_conf_init: topDir = /mnt/backup_disks/backuppc, logLevel = 9
bpc_path_create(/mnt/backup_disks/backuppc/pc/akibu-desktop/0)
bpc_attrib_backwardCompat: WriteOldStyleAttribFile = 0, KeepOldAttribFiles = 0
opening connection using: /usr/bin/ssh -q -x -l root akibu-desktop 
/usr/bin/rsync --server --sender -svvvlHogDtprce.iLsf
protected args: --timeout=72000 --numeric-ids . /mnt/j/Favorites/
rsync_bpc: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes received so far) [Receiver]
bpc_sysCall_cleanup: doneInit = 1
RefCnt Deltas for new backup
Uncompressed HT:
Compressed HT:
Done: 0 errors, 0 filesExist, 0 sizeExist, 0 sizeExistComp, 0 filesTotal, 0 
sizeTotal, 0 filesNew, 0 sizeNew, 0 sizeNewComp, 1 inode
Parsing done: nFilesTotal = 0
rsync error: unexplained error (code 255) at io.c(629) [Receiver=3.0.9.6]
[Receiver] _exit_cleanup(code=12, file=io.c, line=629): about to call exit(255)
rsync_bpc exited with fatal status 255 (65280) (rsync error: unexplained error 
(code 255) at io.c(629) [Receiver=3.0.9.6])
Xfer PIDs are now
Got fatal error during xfer (rsync error: unexplained error (code 255) at 
io.c(629) [Receiver=3.0.9.6])
Backup aborted (rsync error: unexplained error (code 255) at io.c(629) 
[Receiver=3.0.9.6])
BackupFailCleanup: nFilesTotal = 0, type = full, BackupCase = 1, inPlace = 1, 
lastBkupNum =
Removing empty backup #0
Xfer PIDs are now 3663
BackupPC_backupDelete: removing #0
BackupPC_backupDelete: No prior backup for merge
Xfer PIDs are now 3664,3663
BackupPC_refCountUpdate: computing totals for host akibu-desktop
bpc_lib_conf_init: topDir = /mnt/backup_disks/backuppc, logLevel = 9
bpc_attrib_backwardCompat: WriteOldStyleAttribFile = 0, KeepOldAttribFiles = 0
BackupPC_refCountUpdate: host akibu-desktop got 0 errors (took 0 secs)
BackupPC_refCountUpdate total errors: 0
Xfer PIDs are now 3663
BackupPC_backupDelete: got 0 errors
Xfer PIDs are now
Finished BackupPC_backupDelete, status = 0 (running time: 0 sec)
Xfer PIDs are no

Re: [BackupPC-users] Unexplained Error Code 255 - BackupPC

[Akibu Flash]

 2017-06-09 08:10, Akibu Flash wrote:

Just bumping this again. Any thoughts on how to resolve the below? Thanks.

FROM: Akibu Flash <akibufl...@outlook.com<mailto:akibufl...@outlook.com>> SENT: 
Monday, June 5, 2017 7:27:34 AM TO: Holger Parplies; Holger Parplies 
(wb...@parplies.de<mailto:wb...@parplies.de>) CC: General list for user 
discussion, questions and support SUBJECT: Re: [BackupPC-users] Unexplained 
Error Code 255 - BackupPC

Thanks @Holger Parplies (wb...@parplies.de<mailto:wb...@parplies.de>) for your 
reply. See below:

-Original Message- From: Holger Parplies 
[wb...@parplies.de<mailto:wb...@parplies.de>] Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2017 3:31 
PM To: Akibu Flash <akibufl...@outlook.com<mailto:akibufl...@outlook.com>> Cc: 
General list for user discussion, questions and support 
<backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net>>
 Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Unexplained Error Code 255 - BackupPC

Hi,

Akibu Flash wrote on 2017-05-29 05:27:04 + [Re: [BackupPC-users] 
Unexplained Error Code 255 - BackupPC]:

[...] I am running backuppc version 4.41 on a Debian computer.

wow ... where did you get that version from?

- I must have been asleep when I wrote version 4.4.1.  I meant

version 4.1.1.

When I start a backup, it appears to properly connect to my Windows computer 
and then gives me an error message. ?Got fatal error

during

xfer (rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(629) 
[Receiver=3.0.9.6])? [...] Please note that I am able to

ssh

and rsync into the Windows computer manually from the linux computer



without problem.

Also without extraenous output? You seem to be using rsync over ssh, and rsync 
is quite fussy about messages that it does not expect. As a rule of thumb, to a 
Linux computer,

% ssh clientcomputer true

%

should immediately display the next prompt as indicated above, i.e. nothing 
extra, not even blanks or newlines. For Windoze, your mileage may vary, but it 
probably won't. The actual invokation used by BackupPC (or rather rsync_bpc) 
might include extra options to ssh, e.g. -q -x -l someuser ... include those 
when testing.

- Correct, Holger.  I am using rsync over ssh and ssh seems to

work without a problem. When I run the test you suggested: "$ssh targetcomputer 
true", I merely get the prompt in response "$". Strace seems to confirm that 
ssh is working correctly as when I ssh into the targetcomputer from the command 
line, and while running running strace on the targetcomputer, all seems to work 
as expected. In addition, when I rsync into the targetcomputer from the command 
line, rsync appears to work just fine.

However, when I use the backuppc program to rsync into the very same 
targetcomputer, I get the Unexplained Error Code 255 message. Below shows the 
ssh strace when I started a manual backuppc backup of some files on the 
targetcomputer, if that helps. My log level is up to 9, but not much 
information is being generated. I am unclear of how to diagnose as I am not 
that versed in linux. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Akibu.

Strace command used: $sudo strace -f -v -e open /etc/init.d/ssh restart

strace: Process 11860 attached [pid 11860] open("/proc/self/oom_score_adj", 
O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, 0666) = 10 [pid 11860] open("/etc/ld.so.cache", 
O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 [pid 11860] 
open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcrypto.so.1.0.0", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 [pid 
11860] open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libutil.so.1", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 [pid 
11860] open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 [pid 
11860] open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcrypt.so.1", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 [pid 
11860] open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 [pid 
11860] open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 [pid 
11860] open("/dev/null", O_RDWR) = 3 [pid 11860] open("/proc/11860/fd", 
O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_DIRECTORY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 [pid 11860] open("/dev/urandom", 
O_RDONLY|O_NOCTTY|O_NONBLOCK) = 3 [pid 11860] open("/etc/gai.conf", 
O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 [pid 11860] open("/etc/nsswitch.conf", 
O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 [pid 11860] open("/etc/ld.so.cache", 
O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 [pid 11860] 
open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnss_compat.so.2", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 [pid 
11860] open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnsl.so.1", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 [pid 
11860] open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 [pid 11860] 
open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnss_nis.so.2", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 [pid 
11860] open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnss_files.so.2", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 
[pid 11860] open("/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 [pid 11860] 
open("/usr/local/etc/s

Re: [BackupPC-users] Unexplained Error Code 255 - BackupPC

[Akibu Flash]

Thanks @Michael Stowe<mailto:mst...@chicago.us.mensa.org>.  I am merely trying 
to backup some directories which exist on a windows machine from a Linux 
machine, in this case "/mnt/j/Desktop"  Neither /dev or (/proc /sys /tmp) exist 
in that directory.

(Err.

What, exactly, are you trying to resolve? I suspect you've gotten no answer 
because many people looked and said, well, that's obvious, don't back up the 
/dev directory, because it's dynamically created. While you're at it, don't 
back up /proc, /sys, or /tmp.)




From: Michael Stowe <mst...@chicago.us.mensa.org>
Sent: Friday, June 9, 2017 10:38 PM
To: General list for user discussion, questions and support
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Unexplained Error Code 255 - BackupPC


On 2017-06-09 08:10, Akibu Flash wrote:

Just bumping this again. Any thoughts on how to resolve the below? Thanks.

FROM: Akibu Flash <akibufl...@outlook.com> SENT: Monday, June 5, 2017 7:27:34 
AM TO: Holger Parplies; Holger Parplies (wb...@parplies.de) CC: General list 
for user discussion, questions and support SUBJECT: Re: [BackupPC-users] 
Unexplained Error Code 255 – BackupPC

Thanks @Holger Parplies (wb...@parplies.de) for your reply. See below:

-Original Message- From: Holger Parplies 
[wb...@parplies.de<mailto:wb...@parplies.de>] Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2017 3:31 
PM To: Akibu Flash <akibufl...@outlook.com> Cc: General list for user 
discussion, questions and support <backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> 
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Unexplained Error Code 255 – BackupPC

Hi,

Akibu Flash wrote on 2017-05-29 05:27:04 + [Re: [BackupPC-users] 
Unexplained Error Code 255 – BackupPC]:

[…] I am running backuppc version 4.41 on a Debian computer.

wow … where did you get that version from?

- I must have been asleep when I wrote version 4.4.1.  I meant

version 4.1.1.

When I start a backup, it appears to properly connect to my Windows computer 
and then gives me an error message. ?Got fatal error

during

xfer (rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(629) 
[Receiver=3.0.9.6])? […] Please note that I am able to

ssh

and rsync into the Windows computer manually from the linux computer



without problem.

Also without extraenous output? You seem to be using rsync over ssh, and rsync 
is quite fussy about messages that it does not expect. As a rule of thumb, to a 
Linux computer,

% ssh clientcomputer true
%

should immediately display the next prompt as indicated above, i.e. nothing 
extra, not even blanks or newlines. For Windoze, your mileage may vary, but it 
probably won't. The actual invokation used by BackupPC (or rather rsync_bpc) 
might include extra options to ssh, e.g. -q -x -l someuser … include those when 
testing.

- Correct, Holger.  I am using rsync over ssh and ssh seems to

work without a problem. When I run the test you suggested: “$ssh targetcomputer 
true”, I merely get the prompt in response “$”. Strace seems to confirm that 
ssh is working correctly as when I ssh into the targetcomputer from the command 
line, and while running running strace on the targetcomputer, all seems to work 
as expected. In addition, when I rsync into the targetcomputer from the command 
line, rsync appears to work just fine.

However, when I use the backuppc program to rsync into the very same 
targetcomputer, I get the Unexplained Error Code 255 message. Below shows the 
ssh strace when I started a manual backuppc backup of some files on the 
targetcomputer, if that helps. My log level is up to 9, but not much 
information is being generated. I am unclear of how to diagnose as I am not 
that versed in linux. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Akibu.

Strace command used: $sudo strace -f -v -e open /etc/init.d/ssh restart

strace: Process 11860 attached [pid 11860] open("/proc/self/oom_score_adj", 
O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, 0666) = 10 [pid 11860] open("/etc/ld.so.cache", 
O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 [pid 11860] 
open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcrypto.so.1.0.0", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 [pid 
11860] open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libutil.so.1", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 [pid 
11860] open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 [pid 
11860] open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcrypt.so.1", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 [pid 
11860] open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 [pid 
11860] open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 [pid 
11860] open("/dev/null", O_RDWR) = 3 [pid 11860] open("/proc/11860/fd", 
O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_DIRECTORY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 [pid 11860] open("/dev/urandom", 
O_RDONLY|O_NOCTTY|O_NONBLOCK) = 3 [pid 11860] open("/etc/gai.conf", 
O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 [pid 11860] open("/etc/nsswitch.conf", 
O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 [pid 11860] open("/etc/ld.so.c

Re: [BackupPC-users] Unexplained Error Code 255 - BackupPC

[Akibu Flash]

Just bumping this again.  Any thoughts on how to resolve the below?  Thanks.


From: Akibu Flash <akibufl...@outlook.com>
Sent: Monday, June 5, 2017 7:27:34 AM
To: Holger Parplies; Holger Parplies (wb...@parplies.de)
Cc: General list for user discussion, questions and support
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Unexplained Error Code 255 - BackupPC

Thanks @Holger Parplies (wb...@parplies.de) for your reply.  See below:

-Original Message-
From: Holger Parplies [mailto:wb...@parplies.de]
Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2017 3:31 PM
To: Akibu Flash <akibufl...@outlook.com>
Cc: General list for user discussion, questions and support 
<backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Unexplained Error Code 255 - BackupPC

Hi,

Akibu Flash wrote on 2017-05-29 05:27:04 + [Re: [BackupPC-users] 
Unexplained Error Code 255 - BackupPC]:
> [...]
> I am running backuppc version 4.41 on a Debian computer.

wow ... where did you get that version from?

- I must have been asleep when I wrote version 4.4.1.  I meant version 
4.1.1.


> When I start a backup, it appears to properly connect to my Windows
> computer and then gives me an error message.  ?Got fatal error during
> xfer (rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at
> io.c(629) [Receiver=3.0.9.6])? [...] Please note that I am able to ssh
> and rsync into the Windows computer manually from the linux computer
  
> without problem.

Also without extraenous output? You seem to be using rsync over ssh, and rsync 
is quite fussy about messages that it does not expect. As a rule of thumb, to a 
*Linux* computer,

   % ssh clientcomputer true
   %

should immediately display the next prompt as indicated above, i.e. nothing 
extra, not even blanks or newlines. For Windoze, your mileage may vary, but it 
probably won't. The actual invokation used by BackupPC (or rather rsync_bpc) 
might include extra options to ssh, e.g. -q -x -l someuser ... include those 
when testing.

- Correct, Holger.  I am using rsync over ssh and ssh seems to work 
without a problem.  When I run the test you suggested:  "$ssh targetcomputer 
true", I merely get the prompt in response "$".  Strace seems to confirm that 
ssh is working correctly as when I ssh into the targetcomputer from the command 
line, and while running running strace on the targetcomputer, all seems to work 
as expected.  In addition, when I rsync into the targetcomputer from the 
command line, rsync appears to work just fine.

However, when I use the backuppc program to rsync into the very same 
targetcomputer, I get the Unexplained Error Code 255 message.  Below shows the 
ssh strace when I started a manual backuppc backup of some files on the 
targetcomputer, if that helps.  My log level is up to 9, but not much 
information is being generated.  I am unclear of how to diagnose as I am not 
that versed in linux.  Any help would be appreciated.   Thanks.  Akibu.

Strace command used:  $sudo strace -f -v -e open /etc/init.d/ssh restart

strace: Process 11860 attached
[pid 11860] open("/proc/self/oom_score_adj", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, 0666) = 
10
[pid 11860] open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
[pid 11860] open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcrypto.so.1.0.0", 
O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
[pid 11860] open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libutil.so.1", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
[pid 11860] open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
[pid 11860] open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcrypt.so.1", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
[pid 11860] open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
[pid 11860] open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
[pid 11860] open("/dev/null", O_RDWR)   = 3
[pid 11860] open("/proc/11860/fd", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_DIRECTORY|O_CLOEXEC) = 
3
[pid 11860] open("/dev/urandom", O_RDONLY|O_NOCTTY|O_NONBLOCK) = 3
[pid 11860] open("/etc/gai.conf", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
[pid 11860] open("/etc/nsswitch.conf", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
[pid 11860] open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
[pid 11860] open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnss_compat.so.2", 
O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
[pid 11860] open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnsl.so.1", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
[pid 11860] open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
[pid 11860] open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnss_nis.so.2", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 
3
[pid 11860] open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnss_files.so.2", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) 
= 3
[pid 11860] open("/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
[pid 11860] open("/usr/local/etc/ssh_host_rsa_key", O_RDONLY) = 3
[pid 11860] open("/usr/local/etc/ssh_host_rsa_key", O_RDONLY) = 3
[pid 11860] op

Re: [BackupPC-users] Unexplained Error Code 255 - BackupPC

[Akibu Flash]

Thanks @Holger Parplies (wb...@parplies.de) for your reply.  See below:

-Original Message-
From: Holger Parplies [mailto:wb...@parplies.de] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2017 3:31 PM
To: Akibu Flash <akibufl...@outlook.com>
Cc: General list for user discussion, questions and support 
<backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Unexplained Error Code 255 - BackupPC

Hi,

Akibu Flash wrote on 2017-05-29 05:27:04 + [Re: [BackupPC-users] 
Unexplained Error Code 255 - BackupPC]:
> [...]
> I am running backuppc version 4.41 on a Debian computer.

wow ... where did you get that version from?

- I must have been asleep when I wrote version 4.4.1.  I meant version 
4.1.1.


> When I start a backup, it appears to properly connect to my Windows 
> computer and then gives me an error message.  ?Got fatal error during 
> xfer (rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at
> io.c(629) [Receiver=3.0.9.6])? [...] Please note that I am able to ssh 
> and rsync into the Windows computer manually from the linux computer
  
> without problem.

Also without extraenous output? You seem to be using rsync over ssh, and rsync 
is quite fussy about messages that it does not expect. As a rule of thumb, to a 
*Linux* computer,

   % ssh clientcomputer true
   %

should immediately display the next prompt as indicated above, i.e. nothing 
extra, not even blanks or newlines. For Windoze, your mileage may vary, but it 
probably won't. The actual invokation used by BackupPC (or rather rsync_bpc) 
might include extra options to ssh, e.g. -q -x -l someuser ... include those 
when testing.

- Correct, Holger.  I am using rsync over ssh and ssh seems to work 
without a problem.  When I run the test you suggested:  "$ssh targetcomputer 
true", I merely get the prompt in response "$".  Strace seems to confirm that 
ssh is working correctly as when I ssh into the targetcomputer from the command 
line, and while running running strace on the targetcomputer, all seems to work 
as expected.  In addition, when I rsync into the targetcomputer from the 
command line, rsync appears to work just fine. 

However, when I use the backuppc program to rsync into the very same 
targetcomputer, I get the Unexplained Error Code 255 message.  Below shows the 
ssh strace when I started a manual backuppc backup of some files on the 
targetcomputer, if that helps.  My log level is up to 9, but not much 
information is being generated.  I am unclear of how to diagnose as I am not 
that versed in linux.  Any help would be appreciated.   Thanks.  Akibu.

Strace command used:  $sudo strace -f -v -e open /etc/init.d/ssh restart

strace: Process 11860 attached
[pid 11860] open("/proc/self/oom_score_adj", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, 0666) = 
10
[pid 11860] open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
[pid 11860] open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcrypto.so.1.0.0", 
O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
[pid 11860] open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libutil.so.1", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
[pid 11860] open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
[pid 11860] open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcrypt.so.1", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
[pid 11860] open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
[pid 11860] open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
[pid 11860] open("/dev/null", O_RDWR)   = 3
[pid 11860] open("/proc/11860/fd", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_DIRECTORY|O_CLOEXEC) = 
3
[pid 11860] open("/dev/urandom", O_RDONLY|O_NOCTTY|O_NONBLOCK) = 3
[pid 11860] open("/etc/gai.conf", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
[pid 11860] open("/etc/nsswitch.conf", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
[pid 11860] open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
[pid 11860] open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnss_compat.so.2", 
O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
[pid 11860] open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnsl.so.1", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
[pid 11860] open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
[pid 11860] open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnss_nis.so.2", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 
3
[pid 11860] open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnss_files.so.2", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) 
= 3
[pid 11860] open("/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
[pid 11860] open("/usr/local/etc/ssh_host_rsa_key", O_RDONLY) = 3
[pid 11860] open("/usr/local/etc/ssh_host_rsa_key", O_RDONLY) = 3
[pid 11860] open("/usr/local/etc/ssh_host_rsa_key", O_RDONLY) = 3
[pid 11860] open("/usr/local/etc/ssh_host_rsa_key.pub", O_RDONLY) = 3
[pid 11860] open("/usr/local/etc/ssh_host_dsa_key", O_RDONLY) = 3
[pid 11860] open("/usr/local/etc/ssh_host_dsa_key", O_RDONLY) = 3
[pid 11860] open("/usr/local/etc/ssh_host_dsa_key", O_RDONLY) = 3
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Re: [BackupPC-users] Unexplained Error Code 255 - BackupPC

[Akibu Flash]

@Craig Barratt<mailto:cbarr...@users.sourceforge.net> The rsync on the Windows 
computer is version 3.1.1 and on the Linux computer is 3.1.2.  Thx.


From: Craig Barratt <cbarr...@users.sourceforge.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2017 9:49:35 PM
To: General list for user discussion, questions and support
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Unexplained Error Code 255 - BackupPC

What version of rsync are you running on the client?

Another user reported a problem that the default cygwin rsync setup on 3.x 
doesn't allow remote charset settings.  BackupPC 4.x uses the --iconv rsync 
option, which will fail without a clear error message.

You should add "charset = utf-8" to the client's rsyncd.conf to see if that's 
the issue.

(Since it fails very early in the transfer, I'd recommend you add "-vvv" to 
$Conf{RsyncArgs}.)

Craig

On Sun, May 28, 2017 at 9:32 PM, Michael Huntley 
<mich...@huntley.net<mailto:mich...@huntley.net>> wrote:

Try upping the log level to 9.
There will an enormous amount of detail bit it should help.

Cheers,

Mph

On May 28, 2017 8:56:14 PM Akibu Flash 
<akibufl...@outlook.com<mailto:akibufl...@outlook.com>> wrote:

I know that it is probably something simple, but maybe not.  I am running 
backuppc version 4.41 on a Debian computer.  BackupPC starts and I can access 
it through the CGI interface.  I am attempting to backup my Windows 10 
computer.  When I start a backup, it appears to properly connect to my Windows 
computer and then gives me an error message.  “Got fatal error during xfer 
(rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(629) 
[Receiver=3.0.9.6])” Though the log file is set at 3, there is not much 
information therein to diagnose the problem.  A copy of the log file is below.  
Any help would be appreciated.  Please note that I am able to ssh and rsync 
into the Windows computer manually from the linux computer without problem.  It 
is set up for password-less ssh login.  Thanks.  Akibu



Log file:



2017-05-28 23:23:10 full backup started for directory /mnt/j/Desktop

2017-05-28 23:23:11 Got fatal error during xfer (rsync error: unexplained error 
(code 255) at io.c(629) [Receiver=3.0.9.6])

2017-05-28 23:23:16 Backup aborted (rsync error: unexplained error (code 255) 
at io.c(629) [Receiver=3.0.9.6])

2017-05-28 23:23:16 Removing empty backup #0

2017-05-28 23:23:16 BackupPC_backupDelete: removing #0

2017-05-28 23:23:16 BackupPC_backupDelete: No prior backup for merge

2017-05-28 23:23:16 BackupPC_refCountUpdate: computing totals for host 
akibu-desktop<http://10.10.10.30/backuppc/index.cgi?host=mark-desktop>

2017-05-28 23:23:16 BackupPC_refCountUpdate: host 
akibu-desktop<http://10.10.10.30/backuppc/index.cgi?host=mark-desktop> got 0 
errors (took 0 secs)

2017-05-28 23:23:16 BackupPC_refCountUpdate total errors: 0

2017-05-28 23:23:16 BackupPC_backupDelete: got 0 errors

2017-05-28 23:23:16 Finished BackupPC_backupDelete, status = 0 (running time: 0 
sec)


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Re: [BackupPC-users] Unexplained Error Code 255 - BackupPC

[Akibu Flash]

Thanks.  I upped the log level to 9 and the results are below.


2017-05-29 01:18:50 full backup started for directory /mnt/j/Desktop

2017-05-29 01:18:52 Got fatal error during xfer (rsync error: unexplained error 
(code 255) at io.c(629) [Receiver=3.0.9.6])

2017-05-29 01:18:57 Backup aborted (rsync error: unexplained error (code 255) 
at io.c(629) [Receiver=3.0.9.6])

2017-05-29 01:18:57 Removing empty backup #0

2017-05-29 01:18:57 BackupPC_backupDelete: removing #0

2017-05-29 01:18:57 BackupPC_backupDelete: No prior backup for merge

2017-05-29 01:18:57 BackupPC_refCountUpdate: computing totals for host 
akibu-desktop<http://10.10.10.30/backuppc/index.cgi?host=mark-desktop>

2017-05-29 01:18:57 BackupPC_refCountUpdate: host 
akibu-desktop<http://10.10.10.30/backuppc/index.cgi?host=mark-desktop> got 0 
errors (took 0 secs)

2017-05-29 01:18:57 BackupPC_refCountUpdate total errors: 0

2017-05-29 01:18:57 BackupPC_backupDelete: got 0 errors

2017-05-29 01:18:57 Finished BackupPC_backupDelete, status = 0 (running time: 0 
sec)



2017-05-29 01:18:50 User backuppc requested backup of 
akibu-desktop<http://10.10.10.30/backuppc/index.cgi?host=mark-desktop> 
(akibu-desktop<http://10.10.10.30/backuppc/index.cgi?host=mark-desktop>)

2017-05-29 01:18:50 Started full backup on 
akibu-desktop<http://10.10.10.30/backuppc/index.cgi?host=mark-desktop> 
(pid=1571, share=/mnt/j/Desktop)

2017-05-29 01:18:57 Backup failed on 
akibu-desktop<http://10.10.10.30/backuppc/index.cgi?host=mark-desktop> (rsync 
error: unexplained error (code 255) at io.c(629) [Receiver=3.0.9.6])

2017-05-29 01:19:19  scgi : BackupPC_Admin_SCGI: can't load perl SCGI module - 
install via CPAN; exiting in 60 seconds

2017-05-29 01:19:19 Running BackupPC_Admin_SCGI (pid=1587)

2017-05-29 01:20:20  scgi : BackupPC_Admin_SCGI: can't load perl SCGI module - 
install via CPAN; exiting in 60 seconds

2017-05-29 01:20:20 Running BackupPC_Admin_SCGI (pid=1623)

2017-05-29 01:21:20  scgi : BackupPC_Admin_SCGI: can't load perl SCGI module - 
install via CPAN; exiting in 60 seconds

2017-05-29 01:21:20 Running BackupPC_Admin_SCGI (pid=1627)

2017-05-29 01:22:20  scgi : BackupPC_Admin_SCGI: can't load perl SCGI module - 
install via CPAN; exiting in 60 seconds

2017-05-29 01:22:20 Running BackupPC_Admin_SCGI (pid=1632)

2017-05-29 01:23:20  scgi : BackupPC_Admin_SCGI: can't load perl SCGI module - 
install via CPAN; exiting in 60 seconds

2017-05-29 01:23:20 Running BackupPC_Admin_SCGI (pid=1636)

2017-05-29 01:24:20  scgi : BackupPC_Admin_SCGI: can't load perl SCGI module - 
install via CPAN; exiting in 60 seconds

2017-05-29 01:24:20 Running BackupPC_Admin_SCGI (pid=1640)


From: Michael Huntley <mich...@huntley.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2017 9:32:32 PM
To: General list for user discussion, questions and support
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Unexplained Error Code 255 - BackupPC


Try upping the log level to 9.
There will an enormous amount of detail bit it should help.

Cheers,

Mph

On May 28, 2017 8:56:14 PM Akibu Flash <akibufl...@outlook.com> wrote:

I know that it is probably something simple, but maybe not.  I am running 
backuppc version 4.41 on a Debian computer.  BackupPC starts and I can access 
it through the CGI interface.  I am attempting to backup my Windows 10 
computer.  When I start a backup, it appears to properly connect to my Windows 
computer and then gives me an error message.  “Got fatal error during xfer 
(rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(629) 
[Receiver=3.0.9.6])” Though the log file is set at 3, there is not much 
information therein to diagnose the problem.  A copy of the log file is below.  
Any help would be appreciated.  Please note that I am able to ssh and rsync 
into the Windows computer manually from the linux computer without problem.  It 
is set up for password-less ssh login.  Thanks.  Akibu



Log file:



2017-05-28 23:23:10 full backup started for directory /mnt/j/Desktop

2017-05-28 23:23:11 Got fatal error during xfer (rsync error: unexplained error 
(code 255) at io.c(629) [Receiver=3.0.9.6])

2017-05-28 23:23:16 Backup aborted (rsync error: unexplained error (code 255) 
at io.c(629) [Receiver=3.0.9.6])

2017-05-28 23:23:16 Removing empty backup #0

2017-05-28 23:23:16 BackupPC_backupDelete: removing #0

2017-05-28 23:23:16 BackupPC_backupDelete: No prior backup for merge

2017-05-28 23:23:16 BackupPC_refCountUpdate: computing totals for host 
akibu-desktop<http://10.10.10.30/backuppc/index.cgi?host=mark-desktop>

2017-05-28 23:23:16 BackupPC_refCountUpdate: host 
akibu-desktop<http://10.10.10.30/backuppc/index.cgi?host=mark-desktop> got 0 
errors (took 0 secs)

2017-05-28 23:23:16 BackupPC_refCountUpdate total errors: 0

2017-05-28 23:23:16 BackupPC_backupDelete: got 0 errors

2017-05-28 23:23:16 Finished BackupPC_backupDelete, status = 0 (running time: 0 
sec)

[BackupPC-users] Unexplained Error Code 255 - BackupPC

[Akibu Flash]

I know that it is probably something simple, but maybe not.  I am running 
backuppc version 4.41 on a Debian computer.  BackupPC starts and I can access 
it through the CGI interface.  I am attempting to backup my Windows 10 
computer.  When I start a backup, it appears to properly connect to my Windows 
computer and then gives me an error message.  “Got fatal error during xfer 
(rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(629) 
[Receiver=3.0.9.6])” Though the log file is set at 3, there is not much 
information therein to diagnose the problem.  A copy of the log file is below.  
Any help would be appreciated.  Please note that I am able to ssh and rsync 
into the Windows computer manually from the linux computer without problem.  It 
is set up for password-less ssh login.  Thanks.  Akibu



Log file:



2017-05-28 23:23:10 full backup started for directory /mnt/j/Desktop

2017-05-28 23:23:11 Got fatal error during xfer (rsync error: unexplained error 
(code 255) at io.c(629) [Receiver=3.0.9.6])

2017-05-28 23:23:16 Backup aborted (rsync error: unexplained error (code 255) 
at io.c(629) [Receiver=3.0.9.6])

2017-05-28 23:23:16 Removing empty backup #0

2017-05-28 23:23:16 BackupPC_backupDelete: removing #0

2017-05-28 23:23:16 BackupPC_backupDelete: No prior backup for merge

2017-05-28 23:23:16 BackupPC_refCountUpdate: computing totals for host 
akibu-desktop

2017-05-28 23:23:16 BackupPC_refCountUpdate: host 
akibu-desktop got 0 
errors (took 0 secs)

2017-05-28 23:23:16 BackupPC_refCountUpdate total errors: 0

2017-05-28 23:23:16 BackupPC_backupDelete: got 0 errors

2017-05-28 23:23:16 Finished BackupPC_backupDelete, status = 0 (running time: 0 
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Re: [BackupPC-users] Web Interface Not Displaying Correctly - 4.0.0alpha3

[Akibu Flash]

Any ideas anyone?  Thanks.


From: Akibu Flash<mailto:akibufl...@outlook.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2016 4:50 PM
To: 
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Subject: [BackupPC-users] Web Interface Not Displaying Correctly - 4.0.0alpha3


Dear Group,


I am setting up BackupPC version 4.0.0alpha3 and am having a peculiar problem 
with the manner in which the web interface is displaying.  The problem is that 
the BackupPC logo and and images do not appear to display correctly no matter 
which browser is being used.  They almost appear to be broken links somehow.  
In fact, they don't really appear to display at all.  (See attached screenshot 
as well as image below).  Has anyone run into this and if so, can you walk me 
through what I am doing wrong.  It is probably something simple, but I can't 
quite figure it out.  I opted for the SCGI option for setting up the CGI 
interface so my apache.conf configuration file contains the following entries:


LoadModule scgi_module modules/mod_scgi.so
SCGIMount /BackupPC_Admin 127.0.0.1:10268


Other entries in my /etc/BackupPC/config.pl file are:


$Conf{CgiURL} = 'http://linux-desktop/cgi-bin/BackupPC_Admin';


$Conf{RrdToolPath} = '/usr/bin/rrdtool';

$Conf{SCGIServerPort} = 10268;


$Conf{CgiImageDir} = '/var/www/htdocs/BackupPC';


$Conf{CgiImageDirURL} = '/BackupPC';


Please advise if you need any further information.  Thanks.


Akibu



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BackupPC Server Status

Currently Running Jobs

HostTypeUserStart Time  Command PID Xfer PID
Status  Count

General Server Information

  *   The servers PID is 1055, on host linux-desktop, version 4.0.0alpha3, 
started at 4/20 10:40.
  *   This status was generated at 4/20 11:03.
  *   The configuration was last loaded at 4/20 10:40.
  *   PCs will be next queued at 4/20 12:00.
  *   Other info:
 *   0 pending backup requests from last scheduled wakeup,
 *   0 pending user backup requests,
 *   0 pending command requests,
 *   Pool is 0.00+0.00GiB comprising 0+0 files and 0+1 directories (as of 
4/20 01:00),
 *   Pool hashing gives 0+0 repeated files with longest chain 0+0,
 *   Nightly cleanup removed 0+0 files of size 0.00+0.00GiB (around 4/20 
01:00),
 *   Pool file system was recently at 41% (4/20 11:00), today's max is 41% 
(4/20 01:00) and yesterday's max was 41%.

[http://192.168.7.132/BackupPC_Admin?action=view=poolUsage=4]

[http://192.168.7.132/BackupPC_Admin?action=view=poolUsage=52]

Failures that need attention

HostTypeUserLast TryDetails Error Time  Last 
error (other than no ping)



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[BackupPC-users] Rsync_bpc Failing Because of Inaccessible Password?

[Akibu Flash]

I am using BackupPC 4.0 on a debian distro to backup two
windows computers running Cygwin.  I am
using rsyncd as the vehicle to back them up. 
When I try to start a backup, the backup fails apparently because of an
rsync_bpc issue.  The log file entries
are below:

Contents of file /data/BackupPC/pc/agm-pc/LOG.022015, modified 2015-02-24 
15:50:55 

2015-02-24
15:50:49 full backup started for directory Pictures

2015-02-24
15:50:50 Got fatal error during xfer (No files dumped for share Pictures)

2015-02-24
15:50:55 Backup aborted (No files dumped for share Pictures)

 

Contents of file /data/BackupPC/pc/agm-pc/XferLOG.bad.z, modified 2015-02-24 
15:50:56 

XferLOG
file /data/BackupPC/pc/agm-pc/XferLOG.0.z created 2015-02-24 15:50:49 

Backup
prep: type = full, case = 1, inPlace = 1, doDuplicate = 0, newBkupNum = 0,
newBkupIdx = 0, lastBkupNum = , lastBkupIdx = 
(FillCycle = 0, noFillCnt = )

Running:
/usr/local/bin/rsync_bpc --bpc-top-dir /data/BackupPC --bpc-host-name agm-pc
--bpc-share-name Pictures --bpc-bkup-num 0 --bpc-bkup-comp 3 --bpc-bkup-prevnum
-1 --bpc-bkup-prevcomp -1 --bpc-bkup-inode0 1 --bpc-log-level 1 --super
--recursive --protect-args --numeric-ids --perms --owner --group -D --times
--links --hard-links --delete --partial --log-format=log: %o %i %B %8U,%8G %9l
%f%L --stats --checksum --password-file=/data/BackupPC/pc/agm-pc/.rsyncdpw5658
@agm-pc::Pictures /

full
backup started for directory Pictures

Xfer
PIDs are now 5661

This
is the rsync child about to exec /usr/local/bin/rsync_bpc

ERROR:
failed to read a password from /data/BackupPC/pc/agm-pc/.rsyncdpw5658

Done:
0 errors, 0 filesExist, 0 sizeExist, 0 sizeExistComp, 0 filesTotal, 0
sizeTotal, 0 filesNew, 0 sizeNew, 0 sizeNewComp, 1 inode

rsync
error: syntax or usage error (code 1) at authenticate.c(191) [Receiver=3.0.9.3]

rsync_bpc
exited with fatal status 1 (256) (rsync error: syntax or usage error (code 1)
at authenticate.c(191) [Receiver=3.0.9.3])

Xfer
PIDs are now 

Got
fatal error during xfer (No files dumped for share Pictures)

Backup
aborted (No files dumped for share Pictures)

BackupFailCleanup:
nFilesTotal = 0, type = full, BackupCase = 1, inPlace = 1, lastBkupNum = 

Removing
empty backup #0

BackupPC_backupDelete:
removing #0

BackupPC_backupDelete:
No prior backup for merge

BackupPC_backupDelete:
got 0 errors

Running
BackupPC_refCountUpdate -h agm-pc -f on agm-pc

xferPids
5673

BackupPC_refCountUpdate:
host agm-pc got 0 errors

BackupPC_refCountPrint:
total errors: 0

xferPids

Finished
BackupPC_refCountUpdate (running time: 0 sec)
In
one of the log files, it indicates the following: “Running:
/usr/local/bin/rsync_bpc” and it has the following error message: “ERROR:
failed to read a password from /data/BackupPC/pc/agm-pc/.rsyncdpw5658”.   



Does anyone recognize that error and know what
it means?  It seems as though it needs some sort of password but I don't know 
where to input a password.  The only password I know of is in the secrets file 
on the target Windows machines, but this looks like it is not even connecting 
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Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC-4.0.0alpha3 - Can't create a test hardlink between a file...

[Akibu Flash]

Igor,





I meant to reply to the group to let them know that the problem had been
 solved, but your email makes me think that it has not been solved 
fully.  The script runs as user backuppc and apparently user backuppc 
did not have permission to write to the data locations.  Once I fixed 
the permissions issue, the command start stop command would work and 
give me an ok.  





What makes me think that the problem has not been solved fully is that 
when I run the first two of your commands, I get no response (as 
expected) and the testgram is created properly. However, your third 
command does gives me an error that I don't understand.  Below are the 
results:





backuppc@linux-pc5:/data/BackupPC/pc$ touch /data/BackupPC/pc/testgram


backuppc@linux-pc5:/data/BackupPC/pc$ 





backuppc@linux-pc5:/$ ln /data/BackupPC/pc/testgram /data/BackupPC/cpool


backuppc@linux-pc5:/$ 





backuppc@linux-pc5:/$ rm /data/BackupPC/pc/testgram /data/BackupPC/cpool


rm: cannot remove ‘/data/BackupPC/cpool’: Is a directory





backuppc@linux-pc5:/$ ls -ld /data


drwxrwx---+ 3 root root 4096 Jan 18 23:00 /data





backuppc@linux-pc5:/$ ls -ld /data/BackupPC


drwxrwx---+ 5 backuppc backuppc 4096 Jan 18 23:00 /data/BackupPC





backuppc@linux-pc5:/$ df /data/BackupPC


Filesystem 1K-blocksUsed Available Use% Mounted on


/dev/mapper/dreux-root  19092180 3932368  14166944  22% /





backuppc@linux-pc5:/$ tune2fs -l /dev/mapper/dreux-root


tune2fs 1.42.12 (29-Aug-2014)


tune2fs: Permission denied while trying to open /dev/mapper/dreux-root


Couldn't find valid filesystem superblock.





Is the output what was to be expected?  A couple of things are throwing 
me for a loop.  First, on the remove command rm 
/data/BackupPC/pc/testgram /data/BackupPC/cpool, should that really be 
rm /data/BackupPC/pc/testgram /data/BackupPC/cpool/testgram and is 
that the nature of the Is a directory error?  I presume so.  Or should 
my merely removing the linked target also remove the linked file?





Second, the could not find valid filesystem superblock error is unclear.  





Thanks in advance.



 Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2015 17:40:37 +0100
 From: igor.sver...@googlemail.com
 To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
 Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC-4.0.0alpha3 - Can't create a test 
 hardlink between a file...
 
 Hi,
 
 regarding the start-stop-daemon issue: Runscripts should always be
 executed as root. Because start-stop-daemon is usually located in
 /sbin you will see this error when executing the runscript as user.
 
 
 Try to execute the following commands as backuppc user:
 
 $ touch /data/BackupPC/pc/test
 $ ln /data/BackupPC/pc/test /data/BackupPC/cpool
 $ rm /data/BackupPC/pc/test /data/BackupPC/cpool
 
 If one of these commands fail, please show us the output from ls -ld
 /data and ls -ld /data/BackupPC.
 
 Also, run df /data/BackupPC and use the value from the Filesystem
 column in tune2fs -l $value (for example tune2fs -l
 /dev/mapper/dreux-roo where /dev/mapper/dreux-roo could be
 different).
 
 
 Regards,
 Igor
 
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Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC-4.0.0alpha3 - Can't create a test hardlink between a file...

[Akibu Flash]

Thanks Adam. It is what I thought.

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From: Adam Goryachev mailingli...@websitemanagers.com.au
To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC-4.0.0alpha3 - Can't create a test hardlink 
between a file...
Date: Thu, Feb 19, 2015 17:37


On 20/02/15 08:32, Akibu Flash wrote:
 Igor,

 I meant to reply to the group to let them know that the problem had
 been solved, but your email makes me think that it has not been solved
 fully. The script runs as user backuppc and apparently user backuppc
 did not have permission to write to the data locations. Once I fixed
 the permissions issue, the command start stop command would work and
 give me an ok.

 What makes me think that the problem has not been solved fully is that
 when I run the first two of your commands, I get no response (as
 expected) and the testgram is created properly. However, your third
 command does gives me an error that I don't understand. Below are the
 results:

 backuppc@linux-pc5:/data/BackupPC/pc$ touch /data/BackupPC/pc/testgram
 backuppc@linux-pc5:/data/BackupPC/pc$

 backuppc@linux-pc5:/$ ln /data/BackupPC/pc/testgram /data/BackupPC/cpool
 backuppc@linux-pc5:/$

 backuppc@linux-pc5:/$ rm /data/BackupPC/pc/testgram /data/BackupPC/cpool
 rm: cannot remove ‘/data/BackupPC/cpool’: Is a directory

 Is the output what was to be expected? A couple of things are throwing
 me for a loop. First, on the remove command rm
 /data/BackupPC/pc/testgram /data/BackupPC/cpool, should that really
 be rm /data/BackupPC/pc/testgram /data/BackupPC/cpool/testgram and
 is that the nature of the Is a directory error? I presume so. Or
 should my merely removing the linked target also remove the linked file?

 Second, the could not find valid filesystem superblock error is unclear.

Yes, this error is expected based on the commands you were given. It
would help if you understood the commands you run, as sometimes you will
be told to run something that could be highly destructive (even if by
accident).

In this case, you had the command:
backuppc@linux-pc5:/$ rm /data/BackupPC/pc/testgram /data/BackupPC/cpool
rm: cannot remove ‘/data/BackupPC/cpool’: Is a directory

Which says remove the two *files* /data/BackupPC/pc/testgram and
/data/BackupPC/cpool, but the second is a directory, not a file. So rm
is complaining that you asked it to remove a file, but it wasn't a file.
The command should have been:
rm /data/BackupPC/pc/testgram /data/BackupPC/cpool/testgram

Regards,
Adam

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[BackupPC-users] SCGI on Backuppc - help set up

[Akibu Flash]

I have installed BackupPC-4.0.0alpha3 on my debian (jessie) system.  I believe 
that it is set up correctly as when I run the command:  /etc/init.d/backuppc 
start I get a backuppc starting message and then an ok.  I am now trying to 
set up the SCGI Apache interface but am not quite sure specifically what to do. 
 What I have done so far is to install the Apache SCGI module 
libapache2-mod-scgi.  Then I enabled the module using a2enmod so it now shows 
up in the mods-enabled directory.  What I don't understand is what to do next.  
I expect that I have to make some change or changes to the config.pl file of 
Backuppc, however, I am unclear of what those changes are.  Does a change need 
to be made to the below section and if so what change?  What information goes 
into the $Conf{CgiURL} = section and where would I get that information.  Also 
are there any other changes that I need to make?  Thanks in advance.
akibuflash

$Conf{SCGIServerPort} = 10268;
 # Full URL of the BackupPC_Admin CGI script, or the configured path
 # for SCGI. Used for links in email messages.
 $Conf{CgiURL} = '';



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