[BackupPC-users] add rsync -A -X and get 'Got fatal error during xfer (fileListReceive failed)'

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I am trying to add acl file permissions and attr to rsync in "RsyncArgs"
and "RsyncRestoreArgs" and have discovered that their addition is not
that easy. When backups are run the log files contains: "Got fatal error
during xfer (fileListReceive failed)". Removing the "-A" and the "-X"
allows the backup to proceed without errors. Is there another 'switch'
that needs to be added? Anyone familiar with this addition? 

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Re: [BackupPC-users] add rsync -A -X and get 'Got fatal error during xfer (fileListReceive failed)'

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Holger, thanks for your reply. 

I'll will be running some troubleshooting commands with the rsync "-A"
and "-X" options to see what happens. I have not taken the time to read
up on "File::RsyncP", yet. Plan to do that this weekend. 

You insight is a big help. Thank you. 

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On 2015-06-26 08:44, Holger Parplies wrote: 

> Hi,
> 
> Robert Wooden wrote on 2015-06-26 11:45:05 + [Re: [BackupPC-users] add 
> rsync -A -X and get 'Got fatal error during xfer (fileListReceive failed)']:
> 
>> I also posted this on the rsync mailing list . . . more soon.
> 
> and also here on the list. Sorry for not replying yet.
> 
> "This" was:
> 
>> - Original Message - From: "Bob of Donelson Trophy" 
>>  Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2015 6:56:52 AM Subject: 
>> [BackupPC-users] add rsync -A -X and get 'Got fatal error during xfer 
>> (fileListReceive failed)' I am trying to add acl file permissions and attr 
>> to rsync in "RsyncArgs" and "RsyncRestoreArgs" and have discovered that 
>> their addition is not that easy. When backups are run the log files 
>> contains: "Got fatal error during xfer (fileListReceive failed)". Removing 
>> the "-A" and the "-X" allows the backup to proceed without errors. Is there 
>> another 'switch' that needs to be added? Anyone familiar with this addition?
> 
> Simple answer: it won't work.
> 
> BackupPC (version 3) uses the Perl module File::RsyncP on the server side to
> do its part of the communication. It does this for the simple reason that it
> stores file data and metadata differently than the native file system does:
> file data may be optionally compressed and is pooled to save large amounts of
> storage space. File metadata needs to be stored independently because it may
> differ across instances of one pooled file. Adding arbitrary new metadata
> won't just magically work. Someone would need to change the format of BackupPC
> attrib files to allow storing the new (meta-)data as well as implement
> extracting the data from what the remote system sends. This means the rsync
> XferMethod would need to handle multiple combinations of -A and -X switches
> (including both not set). All other XferMethods might need to be adjusted,
> regardless of whether they are even capable of transferring this information.
> All of that could be done, but I don't see anyone doing it any time soon, if
> at all.
> 
> I believe some people use a DumpPreUserCmd (or DumpPreShareCmd) to dump ACLs
> and extended attributes to a file which is then included in the backup.
> Restoring a subset of the backup is probably not easy in this case, though,
> and might require some manual work.
> 
> I'm not sure whether BackupPC v4 supports ACLs and extended attributes.
> 
> Hope that helps.
> 
> Regards,
> Holger
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Anybody using Backuppc 4.0 in a production environment, yet? 

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Re: [BackupPC-users] Backuppc 4.0 usage

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;,
> '/Users/*/Documents/My Pictures',
> '/Users/*/Documents/My Videos',
> '/Users/*/Documents/Ma musique',
> '/Users/*/Documents/Mes images',
> '/Users/*/Documents/Mes vid?os',
> '/Users/*/Microsoft/Windows/Start Menu/Programmes',
> '/Users/*/Local Settings',
> '/Users/*/Mes documents',
> '/Users/*/My Documents',
> '/Users/*/NTUSER.DAT*',
> '/Users/*/Voisinage r?seau',
> '/Users/*/NetHood',
> '/Users/*/Voisinage d?impression',
> '/Users/*/PrintHood',
> '/Users/*/Recent',
> '/Users/*/SendTo',
> '/Users/*/Start Menu',
> '/Users/*/Menu D?marrer',
> '/Users/*/Mod?les',
> '/Users/*/Templates',
> '/Users/*/ntuser.dat*',
> '/Users/All Users',
> '/Users/All Users/Bureau',
> '/Users/All Users/Desktop',
> '/Users/All Users/Documents',
> '/Users/All Users/Favoris',
> '/Users/All Users/Favorites',
> '/Users/All Users/Start Menu',
> '/Users/All Users/Templates',
> '/Users/Default User',
> '/Windows',
> '/autoexec.bat',
> '/bea',
> '/bootmgr',
> '/config.sys',
> '/eclipse',
> '/hiberfil.sys',
> '/pagefile.sys',
> 'Cache*',
> 'IconCache.db',
> 'Thumbs.db',
> 'cache*',
> '/[Tt]emp',
> '/rsyncd/*.log'
> ],
> 'eDrive' => [
> '*.nobak',
> '*.lock',
> '/$RECYCLE.BIN',
> '/$Recycle.Bin',
> '/Documents and Settings',
> '/Users/*/AppData/Local/Application Data',
> '/Users/*/AppData/Local/History',
> '/Users/*/AppData/Local/Historique',
> '/Users/*/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows Defender/FileTracker',
> '/Users/*/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/Explorer/thumbcache_*.db',
> '/Users/*/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/History/History.IE5/MSHist*',
> '/Users/*/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/Temporary Internet Files',
> '/Users/*/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/UsrClass.dat*',
> '/Users/*/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/WER',
> '/Users/*/AppData/Local/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/*/Cache',
> '/Users/*/AppData/Local/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/*/OfflineCache',
> '/Users/*/AppData/Local/Temp',
> '/Users/*/AppData/Local/Temporary Internet Files',
> '/Users/*/AppData/Roaming/Microsoft/Windows/Cookies',
> '/Users/*/AppData/Roaming/Microsoft/Windows/Recent',
> '/Users/*/AppData/Roaming/Microsoft/Windows/Start Menu/Programmes',
> '/Users/*/Application Data',
> '/Users/*/Cookies',
> '/Users/*/Documents/My Music',
> '/Users/*/Documents/My Pictures',
> '/Users/*/Documents/My Videos',
> '/Users/*/Documents/Ma musique',
> '/Users/*/Documents/Mes images',
> '/Users/*/Documents/Mes vid?os',
> '/Users/*/Microsoft/Windows/Start Menu/Programmes',
> '/Users/*/Local Settings',
> '/Users/*/Mes documents',
> '/Users/*/My Documents',
> '/Users/*/NTUSER.DAT*',
> '/Users/*/Voisinage r?seau',
> '/Users/*/NetHood',
> '/Users/*/Voisinage d?impression',
> '/Users/*/PrintHood',
> '/Users/*/Recent',
> '/Users/*/SendTo',
> '/Users/*/Start Menu',
> '/Users/*/Menu D?marrer',
> '/Users/*/Mod?les',
> '/Users/*/Templates',
> '/Users/*/ntuser.dat*',
> '/pagefile.sys',
> '/System Volume Information',
> 'Cache*',
> 'IconCache.db',
> 'Thumbs.db',
> 'cache*',
> '/[Tt]emp'
> ],
> 'kDrive' => [
> '*.nobak',
> '*.lock',
> '/$RECYCLE.BIN',
> '/$Recycle.Bin',
> '/RECYCLER',
> '/Documents and Settings',
> '/pagefile.sys',
> '/System Volume Information',
> 'Cache*',
> 'IconCache.db',
> 'Thumbs.db',
> 'cache*',
> '/[Tt]emp'
> ]
> };
> 
> On 06/30/2015 01:14 PM, Robert Wooden wrote: 
> 
> David, 
> 
> On your W7 clients, what is your backup method of choice? SMB or rsync or 
> rsyncd? 
> 
> And what did you use to configure the W7 client? Cygwin? Michael Stowe? 
> 
> Do you use "junction points" or do you have an extensive "

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backuppc 4.0 usage

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I went away from this and now I am back. Stephen, your link returns a
"404." Could you check it, please. 

And, it has been so long since I installed from a tar.gz file that I
have gone brain dead. 

I have found most of the perl dependencies and I think I have them
covered but, the installation of the backuppc-4.0.0alpha3.tar.gz goes
very quickly and I am struggling with what directories hold what . . .
would you happen to have any notes from when you did yours that you
might like share with all of us? I'd really like to get a Backuppc-4.0.0
machine that will backup my Samba4 member server ACL and xattr file
permissions. 

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On 2015-07-01 09:31, Stephen wrote: 

> Hi Bob,
> 
> I'm running 4.0a3 on a couple of Ubuntu 14.04 servers backing up ~100 linux 
> machines. I haven't encountered any big problems other than a bug while 
> trying to restore a directory to a different location, on a different host, 
> via rsync. See <http://sourceforge.net/p/backuppc/mailman/message/34110740/ 
> [2]> for details and patch.
> 
> I did have to make minor changes to the init.d/debian-backuppc script to make 
> it work on ubuntu 14.04 (checking for/creating the pid dir and setting 
> correct perms). Not yet reported upstream, but I'll send my patch to -devel 
> shortly.
> 
> Everything else was really just understanding the differences between v3 and 
> v4.
> 
> Hth!
> 
> Cheers,
> Stephen
> 
> On Mon, 29 Jun 2015, Bob of Donelson Trophy wrote:
> 
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[BackupPC-users] following directories are bogus

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I am receiving this email: 

The following directories are bogus and are not being used by
BackupPC. This typically happens when PCs are removed from the
backup list. If you don't need any old backups from these PCs you
should remove these directories. If there are machines on this
list that should be backed up then there is a problem with the
hosts file:
 - /var/lib/backuppc/pc/192.168.***.119

Regards,
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This was a 'test' host and the host was removed, weeks ago. I assumed
that BackupPC (v3.3.0) would eventually remove the bogus directory.
Searching the 'net' results in some very old ways of removing this
directory. In the past I simply "rm -rf
/var/lib/backuppc/pc/192.168.***.119" but I have read that it does not
work properly. What is the correct manner to remove this bogus
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Re: [BackupPC-users] following directories are bogus

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Okay, I might have handled that incorrectly . . . the "***" (triple
asterisk signs) were to obscure the ip address on the mailing list only.
That is NOT the ip address my server is using for a client. 

Sorry for confusion. 

I found my "old" BackupPC notes book and in it found a mailing list post
from 2009 that instructions to "rm -rf /var/lib/backuppc/pc/[hostname]"
and that "BackupPC Nightly" will take care of the rest. 

I have decided to give that a go and see what happens. 
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On 2015-07-24 10:02, Michael Stowe wrote: 

> On 2015-07-24 06:54, Bob of Donelson Trophy wrote:
> 
>> I am receiving this email: The following directories are bogus and are not 
>> being used by BackupPC. This typically happens when PCs are removed from the 
>> backup list. If you don't need any old backups from these PCs you should 
>> remove these directories. If there are machines on this list that should be 
>> backed up then there is a problem with the hosts file: - 
>> /var/lib/backuppc/pc/192.168.***.119 Regards, PC Backup Genie This was a 
>> 'test' host and the host was removed, weeks ago. I assumed that BackupPC 
>> (v3.3.0) would eventually remove the bogus directory. Searching the 'net' 
>> results in some very old ways of removing this directory. In the past I 
>> simply "rm -rf /var/lib/backuppc/pc/192.168.***.119" but I have read that it 
>> does not work properly. What is the correct manner to remove this bogus 
>> directory?
> 
> Well, that filename is a bit of a treat. The shell will try to expand it and 
> you may have unintended consequences unless you escape the stars ...
> 
> cd /var/lib/backuppc/pc
> cd 192.168.***.119 (or) cd "192.168.***.119"
> rm -f -r *
> cd ..
> rmdir 192.168.***.119 (or) rmdir "192.168.***.119"
 

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[BackupPC-users] help installing BackupPC4.0.0alpha3.tar.gz

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I know this is a very general request but, I have been trying to install
BackupPC4.0.0alpha3.tar,gz on Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS. 

It is not as simple as "Install essentials, install
BackupPC-XS-0.3.0.tar.gz, install rsync-bpc-3.0.9.3.tar.gz, install
BackupPC4.0.0alpha3.tar.gz., etc." 

I believe I have solved most of my dependencies issues. 

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Re: [BackupPC-users] help installing BackupPC4.0.0alpha3.tar.gz

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Thanks for the reply, David. 

I have thought about switching distro to CentOS. I have seen other
mailing posts that mention the use of it and have some experience with
CentOS. (Not that I am against Ubuntu or Debian, they are my primary
distros . . . no offense, anyone.) 

I do not have a problem with untarring, etc. My main issue is where to
place what. There is an "html-dir" directory that I am not sure where to
put it (i.e. /usr/share/backuppc/html or somewhere in Apache2?) And so I
cannot get the URL to allow access via the webpage (http://[ip
address]/backuppc.)And then the permissions required for backuppc user
to access the cgi-bin files? 

Could I see a copy (sanitized, if you like) of your configure.pl file?
Where you chose to place various directories might help me figure out
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> Bob, 
> 
> What kind of issue are you running in to? I installed about 6-9 months ago on 
> CentOS 7. I didn't write down any instructions though - I'm terrible about 
> that. I only ran into a couple of issues that I can recall: 
> 
> 1) Dependencies - A few were missing and I had manually install them. I think 
> the BackupPC install script listed the dependencies, and whether I had them 
> installed or not. I would just cancel the installer, add the missing 
> dependencies, and then re-run the installer. A couple of libraries, I 
> couldn't identify the package off the top of my head, but I was able to 
> locate which package had the library from a quick Google search. 
> 
> 2) The installer did not have a good init script for the newest version of 
> CentOS I was using. I found a couple tips on the list serve and then wrote my 
> own init script to start BackupPC on system startup for CentOS. The main 
> issue was the temp file system in /var/run/BackupPC was not being created 
> properly, so BackupPC would not start or wouldn't stay running. 
> 
> If you can let me know what specific issue your having, I can try and give 
> you a hand. 
> 
> David 
> 
> On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 2:31 PM, Bob of Donelson Trophy 
>  wrote:
> 
>> I know this is a very general request but, I have been trying to install 
>> BackupPC4.0.0alpha3.tar,gz on Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS. 
>> 
>> It is not as simple as "Install essentials, install 
>> BackupPC-XS-0.3.0.tar.gz, install rsync-bpc-3.0.9.3.tar.gz, install 
>> BackupPC4.0.0alpha3.tar.gz., etc." 
>> 
>> I believe I have solved most of my dependencies issues. 
>> 
>> Does anyone have any notes to better guide me than the information that I 
>> cannot find on the net? 
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'Disabled_OnlyManualBackups' => '#d1d1d1', 
> 'Status_backup_in_progress' => '#66cc99', 
> 'Disabled_AllBackupsDisabled' => '#d1d1d1' 
> }; 
> $Conf{CgiHeaders} = ''; 
> $Conf{CgiImageDir} = '/var/www/html/BackupPC'; 
> $Conf{CgiExt2ContentType} = {}; 
> $Conf{CgiImageDirURL} = '/BackupPC'; 
> $Conf{CgiCSSFile} = 'BackupPC_stnd.css'; 
> $Conf{CgiUserConfigEditEnable} = '1'; 
> $Conf{CgiUserConfigEdit} = { 
> 'EMailOutlookBackupSubj' => '1', 
> 'ClientCharset' => '1', 
> 'TarFullArgs' => '1', 
> 'RsyncdPasswd' => '1', 
> 'FtpBlockSize' => '1', 
> 'IncrKeepCnt' => '1', 
> 'FixedIPNetBiosNameCheck' => '1', 
> 'SmbShareUserName' => '1', 
> 'EMailFromUserName' => '1', 
> 'ArchivePreUserCmd' => '0', 
> 'PingCmd' => '0', 
> 'FullAgeMax' => '1', 
> 'FtpUserName' => '1', 
> 'PingMaxMsec' => '1', 
> 'CompressLevel' => '1', 
> 'DumpPreShareCmd' => '0', 
> 'BackupFilesOnly' => '1', 
> 'EMailNotifyOldBackupDays' => '1', 
> 'EMailAdminUserName' => '1', 
> 'BlackoutPeriods' => '1', 
> 'NmbLookupFindHostCmd' => '0', 
> 'MaxOldPerPCLogFiles' => '1', 
> 'TarClientCmd' => '0', 
> 'EMailNotifyOldOutlookDays' => '1', 
> 'SmbSharePasswd' => '1', 
> 'SmbClientIncrCmd' => '0', 
> 'FullKeepCntMin' => '1', 
> 'RsyncArgs' => '1', 
> 'FtpFollowSymlinks' => '1', 
> 'ArchiveComp' => '1', 
> 'TarIncrArgs' => '1', 
> 'EMailUserDestDomain' => '1', 
> 'TarClientPath' => '0', 
> 'RestoreInfoKeepCnt' => '1', 
> 'UserCmdCheckStatus' => '0', 
> 'RsyncdClientPort' => '1', 
> 'IncrAgeMax' => '1', 
> 'RsyncdUserName' => '1', 
> 'RsyncRestoreArgs' => '1', 
> 'ClientCharsetLegacy' => '1', 
> 'SmbClientFullCmd' => '0', 
> 'ArchiveInfoKeepCnt' => '1', 
> 'FtpShareName' => '1', 
> 'BackupZeroFilesIsFatal' => '1', 
> 'EMailNoBackupRecentMesg' => '1', 
> 'FtpPort' => '1', 
> 'FullKeepCnt' => '1', 
> 'TarShareName' => '1', 
> 'RsyncFullArgsExtra' => '1', 
> 'EMailNoBackupEverSubj' => '1', 
> 'TarClientRestoreCmd' => '0', 
> 'EMailNoBackupRecentSubj' => '1', 
> 'ArchivePar' => '1', 
> 'XferLogLevel' => '1', 
> 'RsyncSshArgs' => '1', 
> 'ArchiveDest' => '1', 
> 'RsyncdAuthRequired' => '1', 
> 'ClientTimeout' => '1', 
> 'EMailNotifyMinDays' => '1', 
> 'SmbClientRestoreCmd' => '0', 
> 'ClientNameAlias' => '1', 
> 'DumpPostShareCmd' => '0', 
> 'EMailOutlookBackupMesg' => '1', 
> 'BlackoutBadPingLimit' => '1', 
> 'BackupFilesExclude' => '1', 
> 'FullPeriod' => '1', 
> 'ArchivePostUserCmd' => '0', 
> 'IncrPeriod' => '1', 
> 'RsyncShareName' => '1', 
> 'FtpTimeout' => '1', 
> 'RestorePostUserCmd' => '0', 
> 'BlackoutGoodCnt' => '1', 
> 'ArchiveClientCmd' => '0', 
> 'ArchiveSplit' => '1', 
> 'FtpRestoreEnabled' => '1', 
> 'XferMethod' => '1', 
> 'NmbLookupCmd' => '0', 
> 'BackupsDisable' => '1', 
> 'SmbShareName' => '1', 
> 'FtpPasswd' => '1', 
> 'RestorePreUserCmd' => '0', 
> 'RsyncArgsExtra' => '1', 
> 'IncrKeepCntMin' => '1', 
> 'EMailNoBackupEverMesg' => '1', 
> 'EMailHeaders' => '1', 
> 'DumpPreUserCmd' => '0', 
> 'FillCycle' => '1', 
> 'RsyncClientPath' => '0', 
> 'DumpPostUserCmd' => '0' 
> }; 
> 
> On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 4:32 AM, Bob of Donelson Trophy 
>  wrote:
> 
> Thanks for the reply, David. 
> 
> I have thought about switching distro to CentOS. I have seen other mailing 
> posts that mention the use of it and have some experience with CentOS. (Not 
> that I am against Ubuntu or Debian, they are my primary distros . . . no 
> offense, anyone.) 
> 
> I do not have a problem with untarring, etc. My main issue is where to place 
> what. There is an "html-dir" directory that I am not sure where to put it 
> (i.e. /usr/share/backuppc/html or somewhere in Apache2?) And so I cannot get 
> the URL to allow access via the webpage (http://[ip address]/backuppc.)And 
> then the permissions required for backuppc user to access the cgi-bin files? 
> 
> Could I see a copy (sanitized, if you like) of your configure.pl [6] file? 
> Where you chose to place various directories might help me figure out what I 
> am doing wrong. 
> 
> ---
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> 
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> www.donelsontrophy.com [2]
> 
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> 
> On 2015-07-24 17:18, David Cramblett wrote: 
> Bob, 
> 
> What kind of issue are you running in to? I installed about 6-9 months ago on 
> CentOS 7. I didn't write down any instructions though - I'm terrible about 
> that. I only ran into a couple of issues that I can recall: 
> 
> 1) Dependencies - A few were missing and I had manually install them. I think 
> the BackupPC install script listed the dependencies, and whether I had them 
> installed or not. I would just cancel the installer, add the missing 
> dependencies, and then re-run the installer. A couple of libraries, I 
> couldn't identify the package off the top of my head, but I was able to 
> locate which package had the library from a quick Google search. 
> 
> 2) The installer did not have a good init script for the newest version of 
> CentOS I was using. I found a couple tips on the list serve and then wrote my 
> own init script to start BackupPC on system startup for CentOS. The main 
> issue was the temp file system in /var/run/BackupPC was not being created 
> properly, so BackupPC would not start or wouldn't stay running. 
> 
> If you can let me know what specific issue your having, I can try and give 
> you a hand. 
> 
> David 
> 
> On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 2:31 PM, Bob of Donelson Trophy 
>  wrote:
> 
> I know this is a very general request but, I have been trying to install 
> BackupPC4.0.0alpha3.tar,gz on Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS. 
> 
> It is not as simple as "Install essentials, install BackupPC-XS-0.3.0.tar.gz, 
> install rsync-bpc-3.0.9.3.tar.gz, install BackupPC4.0.0alpha3.tar.gz., etc." 
> 
> I believe I have solved most of my dependencies issues. 
> 
> Does anyone have any notes to better guide me than the information that I 
> cannot find on the net? 
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Re: [BackupPC-users] help installing BackupPC4.0.0alpha3.tar.gz

[Bob of Donelson Trophy]

 

(Sorry, David. 'Hit' reply instead of "reply-all". So your getting a
duplicate.) 

Yes, I am following the steps below. 

However the "./configure.sh --prefix option" suggestion to add to the
rsync-bpc, I did not do as running "./configure.sh" reports that is has
installed in /usr/local/bin by default. Keywords in that suggestion
sentence are "default might be . . .". 

Also, your config.pl file is very much identical to mine except I have
not yet installed samba. 

I am having trouble getting backuppc to run manually (have not activated
the init.d script, yet.) 

I am struggling with file permissions and will not get back to post any
specific questions until late this afternoon or tomorrow. 

So far the project seems to be progressing well. 

---

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615.885.2846
www.donelsontrophy.com [2]

"Everyone deserves an award!!"

On 2015-07-27 11:29, David Cramblett wrote: 

> Bob, 
> 
> My samba packages on CentOS 7: 
> 
> samba-common-4.1.12-21 
> samba-libs-4.1.12-21 
> samba-client-4.1.12-21 
> 
> I just wanted to double check, your following these steps below for your 
> backuppc install correct? 
> 
> # 
> # Installation instructions: download and install all three tar balls. 
> # 
> 
> BackupPC-XS-0.30.tar.gz: 
> 
> tar zxvf BackupPC-XS-0.30.tar.gz 
> cd BackupPC-XS-0.30 
> perl Makefile.PL 
> make 
> make test 
> make install 
> 
> rsync-bpc-3.0.9.3.tar.gz: 
> 
> tar zxvf rsync-bpc-3.0.9.3.tar.gz 
> cd rsync-bpc-3.0.9.3 
> ./configure.sh 
> make 
> make install 
> 
> BackupPC-4.0.0alpha3.tar.gz: 
> 
> tar zxvf BackupPC-4.0.0alpha3.tar.gz 
> cd BackupPC-4.0.0alpha3 
> ./configure.pl [3] 
> 
> The last step for each will need to be run as a privileged user. 
> 
> If you want to install rsync_bpc in /usr/local/bin (default might be 
> /usr/bin), then you should add the --prefix option to configure.sh: 
> 
> ./configure.sh --prefix=/usr/local 
> 
> David 
> 
> On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 12:31 PM, Bob of Donelson Trophy 
>  wrote:
> 
> This is a BIG help. Thank you. 
> 
> I have re-installed my server with CentOS7. Resolved all (I think) my 
> dependencies issues. Currently having some file permissions issues with 
> Apache. My linux education continues. 
> 
> As I look through your file, the initial question is, what version Samba have 
> you installed? Or is it smbclient? 
> 
> ---
> 
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> 
> Bob Wooden of Donelson Trophy
> 
> 615.885.2846 [1]
> www.donelsontrophy.com [2]
> 
> "Everyone deserves an award!!"
> 
> On 2015-07-26 12:24, David Cramblett wrote: 
> 
> Bob, 
> 
> Here is my config.pl [4]. Anything in braces{ } is data I sanitized before 
> sharing my config file. 
> 
>  config.pl [4] = 
> 
> $Conf{ServerHost} = '{BACKUPPC_HOST}.{MY_DOMAIN}'; 
> $Conf{ServerPort} = -1; 
> $Conf{ServerMesgSecret} = ''; 
> $Conf{MyPath} = '/bin'; 
> $Conf{UmaskMode} = 23; 
> $Conf{WakeupSchedule} = [ 
> 1, 
> 2, 
> 3, 
> 4, 
> 5, 
> 6, 
> 7, 
> 21, 
> 22, 
> 23 
> ]; 
> $Conf{PoolV3Enabled} = '0'; 
> $Conf{MaxBackups} = 4; 
> $Conf{MaxUserBackups} = 4; 
> $Conf{MaxPendingCmds} = 15; 
> $Conf{CmdQueueNice} = 10; 
> $Conf{MaxBackupPCNightlyJobs} = 4; 
> $Conf{BackupPCNightlyPeriod} = 2; 
> $Conf{PoolSizeNightlyUpdatePeriod} = 16; 
> $Conf{MaxOldLogFiles} = 7; 
> $Conf{DfPath} = '/usr/bin/df'; 
> $Conf{DfCmd} = '$dfPath $topDir'; 
> $Conf{SplitPath} = '/usr/bin/split'; 
> $Conf{ParPath} = undef; 
> $Conf{CatPath} = '/usr/bin/cat'; 
> $Conf{GzipPath} = '/usr/bin/gzip'; 
> $Conf{Bzip2Path} = '/usr/bin/bzip2'; 
> $Conf{DfMaxUsagePct} = 98; 
> $Conf{DHCPAddressRanges} = []; 
> $Conf{BackupPCUser} = '{BACKUPPC_USER}'; 
> $Conf{TopDir} = '/backuppc'; 
> $Conf{ConfDir} = '/etc/BackupPC'; 
> $Conf{LogDir} = '/var/log/BackupPC'; 
> $Conf{RunDir} = '/var/run/BackupPC'; 
> $Conf{InstallDir} = '/usr/local/BackupPC'; 
> $Conf{CgiDir} = '/var/www/cgi-bin'; 
> $Conf{BackupPCUserVerify} = '1'; 
> $Conf{HardLinkMax} = 31999; 
> $Conf{PerlModuleLoad} = undef; 
> $Conf{ServerInitdPath} = undef; 
> $Conf{ServerInitdStartCmd} = ''; 
> $Conf{FullPeriod} = '6.97'; 
> $Conf{IncrPeriod} = '0.97'; 
> $Conf{FillCycle} 

Re: [BackupPC-users] help installing BackupPC4.0.0alpha3.tar.gz

[Bob of Donelson Trophy]

 

Good news! 

Got BackupPC 4.0.0 to run!! 

I had a permissions issue with /data, my data (storage) directory. When
I 'chown' to backuppc user, and ran "sudo -u backuppc
/usr/local/BackupPC/bin/BackupPC -d" BackupPC started . . . yeah!! (Now
I can go look at logfiles.) 

Now, I think I have an Apache permissions issue as when I use my browser
to access the [ip address]/BackupPC I get nothing but, when I try [ip
address]/backuppc I get the directory that contains all the *.gif files
and other. This is a (Apache?) permissions issue I have read about
somewhere . . . now to find that again. 

My linux education continues . . . 

---

___ 

Bob Wooden of Donelson Trophy

615.885.2846
www.donelsontrophy.com [2]

"Everyone deserves an award!!"

On 2015-07-27 15:50, David Cramblett wrote: 

> As mentioned in a previous email, I had a problem getting backuppc to start 
> or stay running when I first installed it. I found I had to ensure that the 
> temp file location was created in in /var/run/BackupPC before starting the 
> daemon. If backuppc uses a temp file location for your distro, I assume it 
> does, then it will be needed to start the daemon, regardless whether you 
> start it manually or form the init script. 
> 
> You could look and see if you have a directory at /var/run/BackupPC 
> 
> The config.pl [3] parameter below will tell you where this directory should 
> be created: 
> 
> $Conf{RunDir} = '/var/run/BackupPC'; 
> 
> If you don't have the correct directory, try creating it (of course customize 
> this to your run dir location from config.pl [3]): 
> 
> $ mkdir -p /var/run/BackupPC 
> $ chown [backuppc-user]:[backuppc-group] /var/run/BackupPC 
> 
> Then try starting the daemon again. 
> 
> I ended up adding a temp file system check to my init script for backuppc: 
> 
> checkTempFs() { 
> if `test -d /var/run/BackupPC`; then 
> echo "BackupPC tempfs exisits" 
> else 
> mkdir -p /var/run/BackupPC 
> chown backuppc:backuppc /var/run/BackupPC 
> echo "BackupPC tempfs created" 
> fi 
> } 
> 
> Then I I added the "checkTempFs()" function to the init script's "start" 
> function: 
> 
> start() { 
> # Make sure /var/run/BackupPC tempfs exisits 
> CHECKTEMPFS 
> echo -n "Starting BackupPC: " 
> daemon --user backuppc /usr/local/BackupPC/bin/BackupPC -d 
> RETVAL=$? 
> echo 
> [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/backuppc || 
> RETVAL=1 
> return $RETVAL 
> } 
> 
> David 
> 
> On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 10:08 AM, Bob of Donelson Trophy 
>  wrote:
> 
> (Sorry, David. 'Hit' reply instead of "reply-all". So your getting a 
> duplicate.) 
> 
> Yes, I am following the steps below. 
> 
> However the "./configure.sh --prefix option" suggestion to add to the 
> rsync-bpc, I did not do as running "./configure.sh" reports that is has 
> installed in /usr/local/bin by default. Keywords in that suggestion sentence 
> are "default might be . . .". 
> 
> Also, your config.pl [3] file is very much identical to mine except I have 
> not yet installed samba. 
> 
> I am having trouble getting backuppc to run manually (have not activated the 
> init.d script, yet.) 
> 
> I am struggling with file permissions and will not get back to post any 
> specific questions until late this afternoon or tomorrow. 
> 
> So far the project seems to be progressing well. 
> 
> ---
> 
> ___ 
> 
> Bob Wooden of Donelson Trophy
> 
> 615.885.2846 [1]
> www.donelsontrophy.com [2]
> 
> "Everyone deserves an award!!"
> 
> On 2015-07-27 11:29, David Cramblett wrote: 
> Bob, 
> 
> My samba packages on CentOS 7: 
> 
> samba-common-4.1.12-21 
> samba-libs-4.1.12-21 
> samba-client-4.1.12-21 
> 
> I just wanted to double check, your following these steps below for your 
> backuppc install correct? 
> 
> # 
> # Installation instructions: download and install all three tar balls. 
> # 
> 
> BackupPC-XS-0.30.tar.gz: 
> 
> tar zxvf BackupPC-XS-0.30.tar.gz 
> cd BackupPC-XS-0.30 
> perl Makefile.PL 
> make 
> make test 
> make install 
> 
> rsync-bpc-3.0.9.3.tar.gz: 
> 
> tar zxvf rsync-bpc-3.0.9.3.tar.gz 
> cd rsync-bpc-3.0.9.3 
> ./configure.sh 
> make 
> make install 
> 
> BackupPC-4.0.0alpha3.tar.gz: 
> 
> tar zxvf BackupPC-4.0.0alpha3.tar.gz 
> cd BackupPC-4.0.0alpha3 
> ./configure.pl [4] 
> 
> The last step for 

Re: [BackupPC-users] help installing BackupPC4.0.0alpha3.tar.gz

[Bob of Donelson Trophy]

 

Having trouble finding instruction regarding how to setup CGI access for
Apache on CentOS 7. Most of the instructions I am finding are for older
versions. Any of those changes break httpd . . . so I remove that to
return to functionality. 

With 'Links' installed, I can run the su -u backuppc
/var/www/cgi-bin/BackupPC_Admin and the webpage appears on the sverver
machine (via ssh) itself. So, the cgi-bin file is functional. 

Any help would be greatly appreciated. 

---

___ 

Bob Wooden of Donelson Trophy

615.885.2846
www.donelsontrophy.com [1]

"Everyone deserves an award!!"

On 2015-07-28 09:25, Bob of Donelson Trophy wrote: 

> Good news! 
> 
> Got BackupPC 4.0.0 to run!! 
> 
> I had a permissions issue with /data, my data (storage) directory. When I 
> 'chown' to backuppc user, and ran "sudo -u backuppc 
> /usr/local/BackupPC/bin/BackupPC -d" BackupPC started . . . yeah!! (Now I can 
> go look at logfiles.) 
> 
> Now, I think I have an Apache permissions issue as when I use my browser to 
> access the [ip address]/BackupPC I get nothing but, when I try [ip 
> address]/backuppc I get the directory that contains all the *.gif files and 
> other. This is a (Apache?) permissions issue I have read about somewhere . . 
> . now to find that again. 
> 
> My linux education continues . . . 
> 
> ---
> 
> ___ 
> 
> Bob Wooden of Donelson Trophy
> 
> 615.885.2846
> www.donelsontrophy.com [1]
> 
> "Everyone deserves an award!!"
> 
> On 2015-07-27 15:50, David Cramblett wrote: 
> As mentioned in a previous email, I had a problem getting backuppc to start 
> or stay running when I first installed it. I found I had to ensure that the 
> temp file location was created in in /var/run/BackupPC before starting the 
> daemon. If backuppc uses a temp file location for your distro, I assume it 
> does, then it will be needed to start the daemon, regardless whether you 
> start it manually or form the init script. 
> 
> You could look and see if you have a directory at /var/run/BackupPC 
> 
> The config.pl [3] parameter below will tell you where this directory should 
> be created: 
> 
> $Conf{RunDir} = '/var/run/BackupPC'; 
> 
> If you don't have the correct directory, try creating it (of course customize 
> this to your run dir location from config.pl [3]): 
> 
> $ mkdir -p /var/run/BackupPC 
> $ chown [backuppc-user]:[backuppc-group] /var/run/BackupPC 
> 
> Then try starting the daemon again. 
> 
> I ended up adding a temp file system check to my init script for backuppc: 
> 
> checkTempFs() { 
> if `test -d /var/run/BackupPC`; then 
> echo "BackupPC tempfs exisits" 
> else 
> mkdir -p /var/run/BackupPC 
> chown backuppc:backuppc /var/run/BackupPC 
> echo "BackupPC tempfs created" 
> fi 
> } 
> 
> Then I I added the "checkTempFs()" function to the init script's "start" 
> function: 
> 
> start() { 
> # Make sure /var/run/BackupPC tempfs exisits 
> CHECKTEMPFS 
> echo -n "Starting BackupPC: " 
> daemon --user backuppc /usr/local/BackupPC/bin/BackupPC -d 
> RETVAL=$? 
> echo 
> [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/backuppc || 
> RETVAL=1 
> return $RETVAL 
> } 
> 
> David 
> 
> On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 10:08 AM, Bob of Donelson Trophy 
>  wrote:
> 
> (Sorry, David. 'Hit' reply instead of "reply-all". So your getting a 
> duplicate.) 
> 
> Yes, I am following the steps below. 
> 
> However the "./configure.sh --prefix option" suggestion to add to the 
> rsync-bpc, I did not do as running "./configure.sh" reports that is has 
> installed in /usr/local/bin by default. Keywords in that suggestion sentence 
> are "default might be . . .". 
> 
> Also, your config.pl [3] file is very much identical to mine except I have 
> not yet installed samba. 
> 
> I am having trouble getting backuppc to run manually (have not activated the 
> init.d script, yet.) 
> 
> I am struggling with file permissions and will not get back to post any 
> specific questions until late this afternoon or tomorrow. 
> 
> So far the project seems to be progressing well. 
> 
> ---
> 
> ___ 
> 
> Bob Wooden of Donelson Trophy
> 
> 615.885.2846 [2]
> www.donelsontrophy.com [1]
> 
> "Everyone deserves an award!!"
> 
> On 2015-07-27 11:29, David Cramblett wrote: 
> Bob, 
> 
> My samba packages on CentOS 7: 
> 
> samba-common-4.1.12-21 
> samba-libs-4.1.12-21 
> samba-client-4.1.12-21 
> 
> I just wanted t

Re: [BackupPC-users] help installing BackupPC4.0.0alpha3.tar.gz

[Bob of Donelson Trophy]

 

I might be wrong but, there is something new and different about the
httpd configuration in CentOS 7. 

Polite as I can . . bump . . . . anybody ? . . . . please. 

---

___ 

Bob Wooden of Donelson Trophy

615.885.2846
www.donelsontrophy.com [1]

"Everyone deserves an award!!"

On 2015-07-29 14:38, Bob of Donelson Trophy wrote: 

> Having trouble finding instruction regarding how to setup CGI access for 
> Apache on CentOS 7. Most of the instructions I am finding are for older 
> versions. Any of those changes break httpd . . . so I remove that to return 
> to functionality. 
> 
> With 'Links' installed, I can run the su -u backuppc 
> /var/www/cgi-bin/BackupPC_Admin and the webpage appears on the sverver 
> machine (via ssh) itself. So, the cgi-bin file is functional. 
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated. 
> 
> ---
> 
> ___ 
> 
> Bob Wooden of Donelson Trophy
> 
> 615.885.2846
> www.donelsontrophy.com [1]
> 
> "Everyone deserves an award!!"
> 
> On 2015-07-28 09:25, Bob of Donelson Trophy wrote: 
> 
> Good news! 
> 
> Got BackupPC 4.0.0 to run!! 
> 
> I had a permissions issue with /data, my data (storage) directory. When I 
> 'chown' to backuppc user, and ran "sudo -u backuppc 
> /usr/local/BackupPC/bin/BackupPC -d" BackupPC started . . . yeah!! (Now I can 
> go look at logfiles.) 
> 
> Now, I think I have an Apache permissions issue as when I use my browser to 
> access the [ip address]/BackupPC I get nothing but, when I try [ip 
> address]/backuppc I get the directory that contains all the *.gif files and 
> other. This is a (Apache?) permissions issue I have read about somewhere . . 
> . now to find that again. 
> 
> My linux education continues . . . 
> 
> ---
> 
> ___ 
> 
> Bob Wooden of Donelson Trophy
> 
> 615.885.2846
> www.donelsontrophy.com [1]
> 
> "Everyone deserves an award!!"
> 
> On 2015-07-27 15:50, David Cramblett wrote: 
> As mentioned in a previous email, I had a problem getting backuppc to start 
> or stay running when I first installed it. I found I had to ensure that the 
> temp file location was created in in /var/run/BackupPC before starting the 
> daemon. If backuppc uses a temp file location for your distro, I assume it 
> does, then it will be needed to start the daemon, regardless whether you 
> start it manually or form the init script. 
> 
> You could look and see if you have a directory at /var/run/BackupPC 
> 
> The config.pl [3] parameter below will tell you where this directory should 
> be created: 
> 
> $Conf{RunDir} = '/var/run/BackupPC'; 
> 
> If you don't have the correct directory, try creating it (of course customize 
> this to your run dir location from config.pl [3]): 
> 
> $ mkdir -p /var/run/BackupPC 
> $ chown [backuppc-user]:[backuppc-group] /var/run/BackupPC 
> 
> Then try starting the daemon again. 
> 
> I ended up adding a temp file system check to my init script for backuppc: 
> 
> checkTempFs() { 
> if `test -d /var/run/BackupPC`; then 
> echo "BackupPC tempfs exisits" 
> else 
> mkdir -p /var/run/BackupPC 
> chown backuppc:backuppc /var/run/BackupPC 
> echo "BackupPC tempfs created" 
> fi 
> } 
> 
> Then I I added the "checkTempFs()" function to the init script's "start" 
> function: 
> 
> start() { 
> # Make sure /var/run/BackupPC tempfs exisits 
> CHECKTEMPFS 
> echo -n "Starting BackupPC: " 
> daemon --user backuppc /usr/local/BackupPC/bin/BackupPC -d 
> RETVAL=$? 
> echo 
> [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/backuppc || 
> RETVAL=1 
> return $RETVAL 
> } 
> 
> David 
> 
> On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 10:08 AM, Bob of Donelson Trophy 
>  wrote:
> 
> (Sorry, David. 'Hit' reply instead of "reply-all". So your getting a 
> duplicate.) 
> 
> Yes, I am following the steps below. 
> 
> However the "./configure.sh --prefix option" suggestion to add to the 
> rsync-bpc, I did not do as running "./configure.sh" reports that is has 
> installed in /usr/local/bin by default. Keywords in that suggestion sentence 
> are "default might be . . .". 
> 
> Also, your config.pl [3] file is very much identical to mine except I have 
> not yet installed samba. 
> 
> I am having trouble getting backuppc to run manually (have not activated the 
> init.d script, yet.) 
> 
> I am struggling with file permissions and will not get back to post any 
>

Re: [BackupPC-users] help installing BackupPC4.0.0alpha3.tar.gz

[Bob of Donelson Trophy]

nts to the file containing the list of mappings from
 # filename extension to MIME-type.
 #
 TypesConfig /etc/mime.types

 #
 # AddType allows you to add to or override the MIME configuration
 # file specified in TypesConfig for specific file types.
 #
 #AddType application/x-gzip .tgz
 #
 # AddEncoding allows you to have certain browsers uncompress
 # information on the fly. Note: Not all browsers support this.
 #
 #AddEncoding x-compress .Z
 #AddEncoding x-gzip .gz .tgz
 #
 # If the AddEncoding directives above are commented-out, then you
 # probably should define those extensions to indicate media types:
 #
 AddType application/x-compress .Z
 AddType application/x-gzip .gz .tgz

 #
 # AddHandler allows you to map certain file extensions to "handlers":
 # actions unrelated to filetype. These can be either built into the
server
 # or added with the Action directive (see below)
 #
 # To use CGI scripts outside of ScriptAliased directories:
 # (You will also need to add "ExecCGI" to the "Options" directive.)
 #
 #AddHandler cgi-script .cgi

 # For type maps (negotiated resources):
 #AddHandler type-map var

 #
 # Filters allow you to process content before it is sent to the client.
 #
 # To parse .shtml files for server-side includes (SSI):
 # (You will also need to add "Includes" to the "Options" directive.)
 #
 AddType text/html .shtml
 AddOutputFilter INCLUDES .shtml


#
# Specify a default charset for all content served; this enables
# interpretation of all content as UTF-8 by default. To use the 
# default browser choice (ISO-8859-1), or to allow the META tags
# in HTML content to override this choice, comment out this
# directive:
#
AddDefaultCharset UTF-8


 #
 # The mod_mime_magic module allows the server to use various hints from
the
 # contents of the file itself to determine its type. The MIMEMagicFile
 # directive tells the module where the hint definitions are located.
 #
 MIMEMagicFile conf/magic


#
# Customizable error responses come in three flavors:
# 1) plain text 2) local redirects 3) external redirects
#
# Some examples:
#ErrorDocument 500 "The server made a boo boo."
#ErrorDocument 404 /missing.html
#ErrorDocument 404 "/cgi-bin/missing_handler.pl"
#ErrorDocument 402 http://www.example.com/subscription_info.html
#

#
# EnableMMAP and EnableSendfile: On systems that support it, 
# memory-mapping or the sendfile syscall may be used to deliver
# files. This usually improves server performance, but must
# be turned off when serving from networked-mounted 
# filesystems or if support for these functions is otherwise
# broken on your system.
# Defaults if commented: EnableMMAP On, EnableSendfile Off
#
#EnableMMAP off
EnableSendfile on

# Supplemental configuration
#
# Load config files in the "/etc/httpd/conf.d" directory, if
any.IncludeOptional conf.d/*.conf 

AND here is the /etc/httpd/conf.d/BackupPC.conf: 

[root@backuppc4 ~]# cat /etc/httpd/conf.d/BackupPC.conf
#
# DESCRIPTION
#
# This file controls access and configuration for the BackupPC CGI
# interface.
#
# Distributed with BackupPC version 3.1.1, released 22 Dec 2008.



#
# This section tells apache which machines can access the interface.
# You can change the allow line to allow access from your local
# network, or comment out this region to allow access from all
# machines.
#
order deny,allow
deny from all
##allow from 127.0.0.1
allow from all

#
# You can change the authorization method to LDAP or another method
# besides htaccess here if you are so inclined.
#
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /etc/BackupPC/BackupPC.users
###AuthName "BackupPC Community Edition Administrative Interface"
AuthName "backuppc"
require valid-user



Alias /BackupPC /var/www/html
ScriptAlias /BackupPC_Admin /var/www/cgi-bin/BackupPC_Admin--- 

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On 2015-07-30 12:17, David Cramblett wrote: 

> Bob, 
> 
> The web server user needs to be able to access the backuppc software and 
> daemon. You can handle this different ways (i.e. setuid, etc), but I'm always 
> running just the backuppc daemon on my backup server. I just change the web 
> server user and group to my backuppc user to make things easy. You can change 
> this in your apache conf (/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf on CentOS) if that will 
> work for you. 
> 
> User backuppc 
> Group backuppc 
> 
> You also need some adjustments to the cgi-bin config for apache. I setup a 
> basic http passwd file so that authentication to the backuppc web interface 
> is required. Again, this configuration is in the httpd.conf file. 
> 
> # "/var/www/cgi-bin" should be changed to whatever your ScriptAliased 
> # CGI directory exists, if you have that configured. 
>  
> 
> AuthTy

Re: [BackupPC-users] help installing BackupPC4.0.0alpha3.tar.gz

[Bob of Donelson Trophy]

 

I am so-o-o close to functional. 

When I run "ps -ef | grep BackupPC" I get only: 

root 2379 2344 0 21:39 pts/0 00:00:00 grep --color=auto BackupPC 

There is no "backuppc (bunch of numbers) /usr/bin/perl
/usr/local/BackupPC/bin/BackupPC -d" like your output! 

Suggestions? 
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On 2015-08-03 11:24, David Cramblett wrote: 

> Comments below:
> 
> On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 8:07 AM, Bob of Donelson Trophy 
>  wrote:
> 
>> David, 
>> 
>> Within the BackupPC-4.0.0alpha3.tar.gz is a file to be placed at 
>> /var/www/httpd/conf.d/ which used to create the cgi page needed to web 
>> administer BackupPC. 
>> 
>> If I am understanding what I am reading, this file, in conjunction with the 
>> httpd.conf file does the same as you suggested in your last email regarding 
>> accessing the webgui. (Maybe not, I consider myself very much a newbie when 
>> it comes to httpd.)
> 
> Yes that will work fine. As I mentioned, I only run BackupPC software on my 
> backup server, so I don't bother with separate config files. 
> 
>> I have set httpd.conf to be run by 'backuppc' user and 'backuppc' group as 
>> suggested.
> 
> I assume you restarted the httpd server after making this change. If not, 
> please do. 
> 
>> I can access my webgui at my ip address/cgi-bin/BackupPC_Admin but not at ip 
>> address/BackupPC as I have configured in /etc/BackupPC.configure.pl [1].
> 
> As far as i'm aware, the BackupPC alias is just for web images, not the 
> program. You need to use the /cgi-in/BackupPC_Admin to use the web-gui. I'm 
> not sure what you mean in regards to "I have configured in 
> /etc/BackupPC.configure.pl [1]."? There is not setting for the web gui 
> location that I'm aware of. That location is handled by the httpd 
> configuration. 
> 
>> My webpage is saying: 
>> Error: Unable to connect to BackupPC server 
>> 
>> This CGI script (/cgi-bin/BackupPC_Admin) is unable to connect to the 
>> BackupPC server on backuppc4 port 0.
>> The error was: unix connect: No such file or directory.
>> Perhaps the BackupPC server is not running or there is a configuration 
>> error. Please report this to your Sys Admin. 
>> 
>> It use to say ". . . backuppc4 port -1." until I changed the port to "0" in 
>> configure.pl [2]. Tells me it has something to do with the "S/CGI port" 
>> setting.
> 
> The port should be -1 (negative 1). You only set the port if the BackupPC 
> daemon is running on a different machine than the web-gui. I would go back to 
> -1 and troubleshoot the problem from there. 
> 
> The error your getting usualy means the BackupPC service is not running. 
> Please type the following command and verify that BackupPC is running: 
> 
> # ps -ef |grep BackupPC 
> 
> It should list something like the following: 
> 
> BACKUPPC 20503 1 0 09:20 ? 00:00:00 /USR/BIN/PERL 
> /USR/LOCAL/BACKUPPC/BIN/BACKUPPC -D 
> root 20521 20287 0 09:21 pts/0 00:00:00 grep --color=auto BackupPC 
> 
> Make sure BackupPC is running in daemon mode (-d) and the user it's running 
> as is backuppc. 
> 
> I am fairly sure I have configured something wrong but, what? 
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated? 
> 
> Here is my httpd.conf file: 
> 
> [root@backuppc4 ~]# cat /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
> #
> # This is the main Apache HTTP server configuration file. It contains the
> # configuration directives that give the server its instructions.
> # See http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/ [5]> for detailed information.
> # In particular, see 
> # http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/directives.html [6]>
> # for a discussion of each configuration directive.
> #
> # Do NOT simply read the instructions in here without understanding
> # what they do. They're here only as hints or reminders. If you are unsure
> # consult the online docs. You have been warned. 
> #
> # Configuration and logfile names: If the filenames you specify for many
> # of the server's control files begin with "/" (or "drive:/" for Win32), the
> # server will use that explicit path. If the filenames do *not* begin
> # with "/", the value of ServerRoot is prepended -- so 'log/access_log'
> # with ServerRoot set to '/www' will be interpreted by the
> # server as '/www/log/access_log', where as '/log/access_log' will be
> # interpreted as '/log/access_log'.
> 
> #
> # ServerRoot: The to

Re: [BackupPC-users] help installing BackupPC4.0.0alpha3.tar.gz

[Bob of Donelson Trophy]

 

David, 

I have placed your "checkTempFs" file but it appears to not be running
on restart. 

What directory did you place your "checkTempFs" file in? 

What file permissions does "checkTempFs" need? 

Then finally, simply insert the "checkTempFs" above the "echo -n
"Starting BackupPC: " line? 
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On 2015-08-03 20:48, David Cramblett wrote: 

> How are you currently starting BackupPC? If you doing via the daemon mode, 
> you may want to leave off the -d and start it in the foreground so you can 
> see the error. I'm guessing your having the issue with the temp file system I 
> mentioned before. 
> 
> David 
> 
> Sent from my mobile device 
> 
> David Cramblett 
> On Aug 3, 2015 6:44 PM, "Bob of Donelson Trophy"  
> wrote:
> 
> I am so-o-o close to functional. 
> 
> When I run "ps -ef | grep BackupPC" I get only: 
> 
> root 2379 2344 0 21:39 pts/0 00:00:00 grep --color=auto BackupPC 
> 
> There is no "backuppc (bunch of numbers) /usr/bin/perl 
> /usr/local/BackupPC/bin/BackupPC -d" like your output! 
> 
> Suggestions? 
> ---
> 
> ___ 
> 
> Bob Wooden of Donelson Trophy
> 
> 615.885.2846 [1]
> www.donelsontrophy.com [2]
> 
> "Everyone deserves an award!!"
> 
> On 2015-08-03 11:24, David Cramblett wrote: 
> Comments below:
> 
> On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 8:07 AM, Bob of Donelson Trophy 
>  wrote:
> 
> David, 
> 
> Within the BackupPC-4.0.0alpha3.tar.gz is a file to be placed at 
> /var/www/httpd/conf.d/ which used to create the cgi page needed to web 
> administer BackupPC. 
> 
> If I am understanding what I am reading, this file, in conjunction with the 
> httpd.conf file does the same as you suggested in your last email regarding 
> accessing the webgui. (Maybe not, I consider myself very much a newbie when 
> it comes to httpd.) 
> 
> Yes that will work fine. As I mentioned, I only run BackupPC software on my 
> backup server, so I don't bother with separate config files. 
> 
> I have set httpd.conf to be run by 'backuppc' user and 'backuppc' group as 
> suggested. 
> 
> I assume you restarted the httpd server after making this change. If not, 
> please do. 
> 
> I can access my webgui at my ip address/cgi-bin/BackupPC_Admin but not at ip 
> address/BackupPC as I have configured in /etc/BackupPC.configure.pl [3]. 
> 
> As far as i'm aware, the BackupPC alias is just for web images, not the 
> program. You need to use the /cgi-in/BackupPC_Admin to use the web-gui. I'm 
> not sure what you mean in regards to "I have configured in 
> /etc/BackupPC.configure.pl [3]."? There is not setting for the web gui 
> location that I'm aware of. That location is handled by the httpd 
> configuration. 
> 
> My webpage is saying: 
> Error: Unable to connect to BackupPC server 
> 
> This CGI script (/cgi-bin/BackupPC_Admin) is unable to connect to the 
> BackupPC server on backuppc4 port 0.
> The error was: unix connect: No such file or directory.
> Perhaps the BackupPC server is not running or there is a configuration error. 
> Please report this to your Sys Admin. 
> 
> It use to say ". . . backuppc4 port -1." until I changed the port to "0" in 
> configure.pl [4]. Tells me it has something to do with the "S/CGI port" 
> setting. 
> 
> The port should be -1 (negative 1). You only set the port if the BackupPC 
> daemon is running on a different machine than the web-gui. I would go back to 
> -1 and troubleshoot the problem from there. 
> 
> The error your getting usualy means the BackupPC service is not running. 
> Please type the following command and verify that BackupPC is running: 
> 
> # ps -ef |grep BackupPC 
> 
> It should list something like the following: 
> 
> BACKUPPC 20503 1 0 09:20 ? 00:00:00 /USR/BIN/PERL 
> /USR/LOCAL/BACKUPPC/BIN/BACKUPPC -D 
> root 20521 20287 0 09:21 pts/0 00:00:00 grep --color=auto BackupPC 
> 
> Make sure BackupPC is running in daemon mode (-d) and the user it's running 
> as is backuppc. 
> 
> I am fairly sure I have configured something wrong but, what? 
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated? 
> 
> Here is my httpd.conf file: 
> 
> [root@backuppc4 ~]# cat /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
> #
> # This is the main Apache HTTP server configuration file. It contains the
> # configuration directives that give the server its instructions.
> # See http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/ [5]> for detailed info

Re: [BackupPC-users] help installing BackupPC4.0.0alpha3.tar.gz

[Bob of Donelson Trophy]

 

Yes, when I run them manually they do solve the problem. 

I understand that "checkTempFs" script that is run by what user? root? 

And if I understand what your saying, inserting "checkTempFs" into the
/etc/init.d/backuppc startup script. But, I am confused as to where
/etc/init.d/backuppc "looks" for the script to run it on start up? 

(FYI, my OS is a CentOS 7, like yours, I believe. And is a dedicated
machine that runs only BackupPC.) 

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On 2015-08-04 09:44, David Cramblett wrote: 

> That is a function call I added to my init script that runs the following 
> commands: 
> 
> # mkdir -p /var/run/BackupPC 
> 
> # chown [backuppc-user]:[backuppc-group] /var/run/BackupPC 
> 
> You can run them manually before attempting to start BackupPC to test if it 
> solves the problem. 
> 
> If it works then you can add the function to the init script sample provided 
> in the BackupPC install directory. 
> 
> David 
> 
> Sent from my mobile device 
> 
> David Cramblett 
> On Aug 4, 2015 4:45 AM, "Bob of Donelson Trophy"  
> wrote:
> 
> David, 
> 
> I have placed your "checkTempFs" file but it appears to not be running on 
> restart. 
> 
> What directory did you place your "checkTempFs" file in? 
> 
> What file permissions does "checkTempFs" need? 
> 
> Then finally, simply insert the "checkTempFs" above the "echo -n "Starting 
> BackupPC: " line? 
> ---
> 
> ___ 
> 
> Bob Wooden of Donelson Trophy
> 
> 615.885.2846 [1]
> www.donelsontrophy.com [2]
> 
> "Everyone deserves an award!!"
> 
> On 2015-08-03 20:48, David Cramblett wrote: 
> 
> How are you currently starting BackupPC? If you doing via the daemon mode, 
> you may want to leave off the -d and start it in the foreground so you can 
> see the error. I'm guessing your having the issue with the temp file system I 
> mentioned before. 
> 
> David 
> 
> Sent from my mobile device 
> 
> David Cramblett 
> On Aug 3, 2015 6:44 PM, "Bob of Donelson Trophy"  
> wrote:
> 
> I am so-o-o close to functional. 
> 
> When I run "ps -ef | grep BackupPC" I get only: 
> 
> root 2379 2344 0 21:39 pts/0 00:00:00 grep --color=auto BackupPC 
> 
> There is no "backuppc (bunch of numbers) /usr/bin/perl 
> /usr/local/BackupPC/bin/BackupPC -d" like your output! 
> 
> Suggestions? 
> ---
> 
> ___ 
> 
> Bob Wooden of Donelson Trophy
> 
> 615.885.2846 [1]
> www.donelsontrophy.com [2]
> 
> "Everyone deserves an award!!"
> 
> On 2015-08-03 11:24, David Cramblett wrote: 
> Comments below:
> 
> On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 8:07 AM, Bob of Donelson Trophy 
>  wrote:
> 
> David, 
> 
> Within the BackupPC-4.0.0alpha3.tar.gz is a file to be placed at 
> /var/www/httpd/conf.d/ which used to create the cgi page needed to web 
> administer BackupPC. 
> 
> If I am understanding what I am reading, this file, in conjunction with the 
> httpd.conf file does the same as you suggested in your last email regarding 
> accessing the webgui. (Maybe not, I consider myself very much a newbie when 
> it comes to httpd.) 
> 
> Yes that will work fine. As I mentioned, I only run BackupPC software on my 
> backup server, so I don't bother with separate config files. 
> 
> I have set httpd.conf to be run by 'backuppc' user and 'backuppc' group as 
> suggested. 
> 
> I assume you restarted the httpd server after making this change. If not, 
> please do. 
> 
> I can access my webgui at my ip address/cgi-bin/BackupPC_Admin but not at ip 
> address/BackupPC as I have configured in /etc/BackupPC.configure.pl [3]. 
> 
> As far as i'm aware, the BackupPC alias is just for web images, not the 
> program. You need to use the /cgi-in/BackupPC_Admin to use the web-gui. I'm 
> not sure what you mean in regards to "I have configured in 
> /etc/BackupPC.configure.pl [3]."? There is not setting for the web gui 
> location that I'm aware of. That location is handled by the httpd 
> configuration. 
> 
> My webpage is saying: 
> Error: Unable to connect to BackupPC server 
> 
> This CGI script (/cgi-bin/BackupPC_Admin) is unable to connect to the 
> BackupPC server on backuppc4 port 0.
> The error was: unix connect: No such file or directory.
> Perhaps the BackupPC server is not running or there is a configuration error. 
> Please report this to your Sys Admin. 
> 
>

Re: [BackupPC-users] help installing BackupPC4.0.0alpha3.tar.gz

[Bob of Donelson Trophy]

 

EUREKA! 

After initiating your init.d script and a restart of the machine, I
access the webgui via the ipaddress on my browser and it was complaining
(across the top of the page) that "Error: Unable to connect to BackupPC
server". 

Checked permissions on the /data/BackupPC/ files and they were the same.
Scratched my head and Googled the error message. One of the post
mentioned selinux. Checked my selinux and reset to "permissive" (with
"setenforce 0") and restarted backuppc and httpd and tried the webgui,
again . . . EUREKA 

Looks just like the BackupPC 3.3.* version I am use to! 

Thank you, thank you, thank you David Cramblett 

I had not done a tar install in about ten years and had forgotten
everything. Your help and patience was the best 

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On 2015-08-04 12:10, David Cramblett wrote: 

> Below is my full init script. It should be placed in: 
> 
> /etc/init.d/backuppc 
> 
> Once you have created this file, you should be able to run commands like the 
> following: 
> 
> # service backuppc status 
> # service backuppc start 
> # service backuppc stop 
> # service backuppc restart 
> # service backuppc reload 
> 
> If you want backuppc to start on system start up, run the following command 
> after verifying the init script is working: 
> 
> # chkconfig backuppc on 
> 
>  Init Script 
> ---
> 
> #!/bin/sh 
> # 
> # DESCRIPTION 
> # 
> # Startup init script for BackupPC on Redhat linux. 
> # 
> # Distributed with BackupPC version 4.0.0alpha3, released 1 Dec 2013. 
> # 
> # chkconfig: - 91 35 
> # description: Starts and stops the BackupPC server 
> 
> # Source function library. 
> if [ -f /etc/init.d/functions ] ; then 
> . /etc/init.d/functions 
> elif [ -f /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions ] ; then 
> . /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions 
> else 
> exit 0 
> fi 
> 
> RETVAL=0 
> 
> start() { 
> # Make sure /var/run/BackupPC tempfs exisits 
> checkTempFs 
> # 
> # You can set the SMB share password here is you wish. Otherwise 
> # you should put it in the config.pl [3] script. 
> # If you put it here make sure this file has no read permissions 
> # for normal users! See the documentation for more information. 
> # 
> # Replace the daemon line below with this: 
> # 
> # daemon --user backuppc /usr/bin/env BPC_SMB_PASSWD=x 
> # /usr/local/BackupPC/bin/BackupPC -d 
> # 
> echo -n "Starting BackupPC: " 
> daemon --user backuppc /usr/local/BackupPC/bin/BackupPC -d 
> RETVAL=$? 
> echo 
> [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/backuppc || 
> RETVAL=1 
> return $RETVAL 
> } 
> 
> stop() { 
> echo -n "Shutting down BackupPC: " 
> killproc /usr/local/BackupPC/bin/BackupPC 
> RETVAL=$? 
> [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && rm -f /var/lock/subsys/backuppc 
> echo "" 
> return $RETVAL 
> } 
> 
> restart() { 
> stop 
> start 
> } 
> 
> reload() { 
> echo -n "Reloading config.pl [3] file: " 
> killproc /usr/local/BackupPC/bin/BackupPC -HUP 
> RETVAL=$? 
> echo 
> return $RETVAL 
> } 
> 
> rhstatus() { 
> status /usr/local/BackupPC/bin/BackupPC 
> } 
> 
> checkTempFs() { 
> if `test -d /var/run/BackupPC`; then 
> echo "BackupPC tempfs exisits" 
> else 
> mkdir -p /var/run/BackupPC 
> chown backuppc:backuppc /var/run/BackupPC 
> echo "BackupPC tempfs created" 
> fi 
> } 
> 
> case "$1" in 
> start) 
> start 
> ;; 
> stop) 
> stop 
> ;; 
> restart) 
> restart 
> ;; 
> reload) 
> reload 
> ;; 
> status) 
> rhstatus 
> ;; 
> *) 
> echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|reload|status}" 
> exit 1 
> esac 
> 
> exit $? 
> 
> On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 7:52 AM, Bob of Donelson Trophy 
>  wrote:
> 
> Yes, when I run them manually they do solve the problem. 
> 
> I understand that "checkTempFs" script that is run by what user? root? 
> 
> And if I understand what your saying, inserting "checkTempFs" into the 
> /etc/init.d/backuppc startup script. But, I am confused as to where 
> /etc/init.d/backuppc "looks" for the script to run it on start up? 
> 
> (FYI, my OS is a CentOS 7, like yours, I believe. And is a dedicated machine 
> that runs only BackupPC.) 
> 
> ---
> 
> ___ 
> 
> Bob Wooden of Donelson Trophy
> 
> 615.885.2846 [1]
> www.donelsontrophy.com [2]
> 
> "Everyone deserves an

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[BackupPC-users] BackupPC 4.0 --acls question

[Bob of Donelson Trophy]

 

I have a functional BackupPC 4.0.0alpha3 running on CentOS 7. 

I have one client that is my Samba4 fileserver running Debian 7.8.0 with
(Sernet)Samba 4.2.3 that is handling ACL and xattr file attributes of my
W7 clients. So, acl and xattr are setup on that machine. 

I am currently backup (with BPC4) other linux clients without issue. 

I have set "RsyncArgsExtra" for "--acls" and "--xattrs" as instructed by
the wiki. (At least, I think I am interrupting that correctly.) 

When I do a "fullbackup" (the first attempt) I get the following in the
log file: 

XferLOG file /bpc4data/pc/192.168.xxx.xxx/XferLOG.0.z created 2015-08-07
17:52:20 
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 /bpc4data
--bpc-host-name 192.168.xxx.xxx --bpc-share-name / --bpc-bkup-num 0
--bpc-bkup-comp 3 --bpc-bkup-prevnum -1 --bpc-bkup-prevcomp -1
--bpc-bkup-inode0 1 --bpc-log-level 1 -e /usr/bin/ssh -l root
--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 --acls --xattrs --exclude=/proc --exclude=/dev --exclude=/tmp
--exclude=/sys --exclude=/var/tmp --exclude=/var/cache
--exclude=/var/spool --exclude=/var/run --exclude=/var/lock
--exclude=/home/*/lost+found --exclude=/mnt --exclude=/media
--exclude=/lost+found 192.168.xxx.xxx:/ /
full backup started for directory /
Xfer PIDs are now 4199
This is the rsync child about to exec /usr/local/bin/rsync_bpc
rsync_bpc: ACLs are not supported on this client
rsync error: syntax or usage error (code 1) at main.c(1439)
[client=3.0.9.3]
rsync_bpc exited with fatal status 1 (256) (rsync error: syntax or usage
error (code 1) at main.c(1439) [client=3.0.9.3])
Xfer PIDs are now 
Got fatal error during xfer (No files dumped for share /)
Backup aborted (No files dumped for share /)
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 192.168.xxx.xxx -f on 192.168.xxx.xxx
xferPids 4204
BackupPC_refCountUpdate: host 192.168.xxx.xxx got 0 errors
BackupPC_refCountPrint: total errors: 0
xferPids
Finished BackupPC_refCountUpdate (running time: 0 sec)

(The 'xxx.xxx' has replaced my actual ip address.) 

If the client is storing files that include acl and xattr file
permissions why am I getting that ". . . ACLs are not supported on this
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Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC 4.0 --acls question

[Bob of Donelson Trophy]

 

To add some info that may or may not help . . . 

The Samba4 fileserver uses 'ext4' file structure. (If that matters.) 

The "other linux clients" do not backup 'acls' or 'xattr' attributes. 

And I found a bug report (3828) at
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3828 from 2006 referencing
rsync version 2.6.8 and how "_That warning means that rsync was patched
with ACL support but not configured with it enabled. You'll need to
contact whomever packaged it, since they're the only ones that can
change the package . . ._" 

Realizing that this bug (3828) conversation is talking about "rpm"
packaged rsync-2.6.8 that was not "enabled during configuration" and the
errors are very, very similar to that I am receiving. I wondered if
there was any connection. 

I cannot find any further info on rsync_bpc . . . of course it is unique
to BackupPC-4.0.0alpha3 

Anyone else backing up "ACLS" and "xattr" attributes without issues like
I am having? 

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On 2015-08-07 17:47, Bob of Donelson Trophy wrote: 

> I have a functional BackupPC 4.0.0alpha3 running on CentOS 7. 
> 
> I have one client that is my Samba4 fileserver running Debian 7.8.0 with 
> (Sernet)Samba 4.2.3 that is handling ACL and xattr file attributes of my W7 
> clients. So, acl and xattr are setup on that machine. 
> 
> I am currently backup (with BPC4) other linux clients without issue. 
> 
> I have set "RsyncArgsExtra" for "--acls" and "--xattrs" as instructed by the 
> wiki. (At least, I think I am interrupting that correctly.) 
> 
> When I do a "fullbackup" (the first attempt) I get the following in the log 
> file: 
> 
> XferLOG file /bpc4data/pc/192.168.xxx.xxx/XferLOG.0.z created 2015-08-07 
> 17:52:20 
> 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 /bpc4data --bpc-host-name 
> 192.168.xxx.xxx --bpc-share-name / --bpc-bkup-num 0 --bpc-bkup-comp 3 
> --bpc-bkup-prevnum -1 --bpc-bkup-prevcomp -1 --bpc-bkup-inode0 1 
> --bpc-log-level 1 -e /usr/bin/ssh -l root --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 --acls --xattrs --exclude=/proc --exclude=/dev 
> --exclude=/tmp --exclude=/sys --exclude=/var/tmp --exclude=/var/cache 
> --exclude=/var/spool --exclude=/var/run --exclude=/var/lock 
> --exclude=/home/*/lost+found --exclude=/mnt --exclude=/media 
> --exclude=/lost+found 192.168.xxx.xxx:/ /
> full backup started for directory /
> Xfer PIDs are now 4199
> This is the rsync child about to exec /usr/local/bin/rsync_bpc
> rsync_bpc: ACLs are not supported on this client
> rsync error: syntax or usage error (code 1) at main.c(1439) [client=3.0.9.3]
> rsync_bpc exited with fatal status 1 (256) (rsync error: syntax or usage 
> error (code 1) at main.c(1439) [client=3.0.9.3])
> Xfer PIDs are now 
> Got fatal error during xfer (No files dumped for share /)
> Backup aborted (No files dumped for share /)
> 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 192.168.xxx.xxx -f on 192.168.xxx.xxx
> xferPids 4204
> BackupPC_refCountUpdate: host 192.168.xxx.xxx got 0 errors
> BackupPC_refCountPrint: total errors: 0
> xferPids
> Finished BackupPC_refCountUpdate (running time: 0 sec)
> 
> (The 'xxx.xxx' has replaced my actual ip address.) 
> 
> If the client is storing files that include acl and xattr file permissions 
> why am I getting that ". . . ACLs are not supported on this client . . ."? 
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[BackupPC-users] Fwd: Re: BackupPC 4.0 --acls question

[Bob of Donelson Trophy]

 

I posted this to the user mailing list three (3) weeks ago. 

Thought I would followup as I never received an answer or suggestion. 

. . . anybody backing up ACL's and xattr file permissions with BPC4.0? 

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SUBJECT:
Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC 4.0 --acls question

DATE:
2015-08-08 17:12

FROM:
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REPLY-TO:
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To add some info that may or may not help . . . 

The Samba4 fileserver uses 'ext4' file structure. (If that matters.) 

The "other linux clients" do not backup 'acls' or 'xattr' attributes. 

And I found a bug report (3828) at
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3828 from 2006 referencing
rsync version 2.6.8 and how "_That warning means that rsync was patched
with ACL support but not configured with it enabled. You'll need to
contact whomever packaged it, since they're the only ones that can
change the package . . ._" 

Realizing that this bug (3828) conversation is talking about "rpm"
packaged rsync-2.6.8 that was not "enabled during configuration" and the
errors are very, very similar to that I am receiving. I wondered if
there was any connection. 

I cannot find any further info on rsync_bpc . . . of course it is unique
to BackupPC-4.0.0alpha3 

Anyone else backing up "ACLS" and "xattr" attributes without issues like
I am having? 

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On 2015-08-07 17:47, Bob of Donelson Trophy wrote: 

> I have a functional BackupPC 4.0.0alpha3 running on CentOS 7. 
> 
> I have one client that is my Samba4 fileserver running Debian 7.8.0 with 
> (Sernet)Samba 4.2.3 that is handling ACL and xattr file attributes of my W7 
> clients. So, acl and xattr are setup on that machine. 
> 
> I am currently backup (with BPC4) other linux clients without issue. 
> 
> I have set "RsyncArgsExtra" for "--acls" and "--xattrs" as instructed by the 
> wiki. (At least, I think I am interrupting that correctly.) 
> 
> When I do a "fullbackup" (the first attempt) I get the following in the log 
> file: 
> 
> XferLOG file /bpc4data/pc/192.168.xxx.xxx/XferLOG.0.z created 2015-08-07 
> 17:52:20 
> 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 /bpc4data --bpc-host-name 
> 192.168.xxx.xxx --bpc-share-name / --bpc-bkup-num 0 --bpc-bkup-comp 3 
> --bpc-bkup-prevnum -1 --bpc-bkup-prevcomp -1 --bpc-bkup-inode0 1 
> --bpc-log-level 1 -e /usr/bin/ssh -l root --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 --acls --xattrs --exclude=/proc --exclude=/dev 
> --exclude=/tmp --exclude=/sys --exclude=/var/tmp --exclude=/var/cache 
> --exclude=/var/spool --exclude=/var/run --exclude=/var/lock 
> --exclude=/home/*/lost+found --exclude=/mnt --exclude=/media 
> --exclude=/lost+found 192.168.xxx.xxx:/ /
> full backup started for directory /
> Xfer PIDs are now 4199
> This is the rsync child about to exec /usr/local/bin/rsync_bpc
> rsync_bpc: ACLs are not supported on this client
> rsync error: syntax or usage error (code 1) at main.c(1439) [client=3.0.9.3]
> rsync_bpc exited with fatal status 1 (256) (rsync error: syntax or usage 
> error (code 1) at main.c(1439) [client=3.0.9.3])
> Xfer PIDs are now 
> Got fatal error during xfer (No files dumped for share /)
> Backup aborted (No files dumped for share /)
> 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 192.168.xxx.xxx -f on 192.168.xxx.xxx
> xferPids 4204
> BackupPC_refCountUpdate: host 192.168.xxx.xxx got 0 errors
> BackupPC_refCountPrint: total errors: 0
> xferPids
> Finished BackupPC_refCountUpdate (running time: 0 sec)
> 
> (The 'xxx.xxx' has replaced my a

Re: [BackupPC-users] Fwd: Re: BackupPC 4.0 --acls question

[Bob of Donelson Trophy]

 

I have discovered that if I select ONLY the "--xattr" the log file says
the following: 

XferLOG file /bpc4data/pc/192.168.1x6.53/XferLOG.8.z created 2015-09-09
07:37:56 
Backup prep: type = incr, case = 4, inPlace = 0, doDuplicate = 0,
newBkupNum = 8, newBkupIdx = 3, lastBkupNum = 7, lastBkupIdx = 2
(FillCycle = 0, noFillCnt = 1)
Running: /usr/local/bin/rsync_bpc --bpc-top-dir /bpc4data
--bpc-host-name 192.168.1x6.53 --bpc-share-name / --bpc-bkup-num 8
--bpc-bkup-comp 3 --bpc-bkup-prevnum 7 --bpc-bkup-prevcomp 3
--bpc-bkup-inode0 293973 --bpc-log-level 1 -e /usr/bin/ssh -l root
--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
--xattr --exclude=/proc --exclude=/dev --exclude=/tmp --exclude=/sys
--exclude=/var/tmp --exclude=/var/cache --exclude=/var/spool
--exclude=/var/run --exclude=/var/lock --exclude=/home/*/lost+found
--exclude=/mnt --exclude=/media --exclude=/lost+found 192.168.1x6.53:/ /
incr backup started for directory /
Xfer PIDs are now 17721
This is the rsync child about to exec /usr/local/bin/rsync_bpc
rsync_bpc: --xattr: unknown option
rsync error: syntax or usage error (code 1) at main.c(1439)
[client=3.0.9.3]
rsync_bpc exited with fatal status 1 (256) (rsync error: syntax or usage
error (code 1) at main.c(1439) [client=3.0.9.3])
Xfer PIDs are now 
Got fatal error during xfer (rsync error: syntax or usage error (code 1)
at main.c(1439) [client=3.0.9.3])
Backup aborted (rsync error: syntax or usage error (code 1) at
main.c(1439) [client=3.0.9.3])
BackupFailCleanup: nFilesTotal = 0, type = incr, BackupCase = 4, inPlace
= 0, lastBkupNum = 7
Removing empty backup #7
BackupPC_backupDelete: removing #7
BackupPC_backupDelete: Merge into backup 6
BackupPC_backupDelete: got 0 errors
Running BackupPC_refCountUpdate -h 192.168.1x6.53 -f on 192.168.1x6.53
xferPids 17729
BackupPC_refCountUpdate: host 192.168.1x6.53 got 0 errors
BackupPC_refCountPrint: total errors: 0
xferPids
Finished BackupPC_refCountUpdate (running time: 3 sec)

&&&&&&&

If select ONLY "--acls" the log file says:

XferLOG file /bpc4data/pc/192.168.1x6.53/XferLOG.9.z created 2015-09-09
07:52:33 
Backup prep: type = incr, case = 4, inPlace = 0, doDuplicate = 0,
newBkupNum = 9, newBkupIdx = 3, lastBkupNum = 8, lastBkupIdx = 2
(FillCycle = 0, noFillCnt = 1)
Running: /usr/local/bin/rsync_bpc --bpc-top-dir /bpc4data
--bpc-host-name 192.168.16.53 --bpc-share-name / --bpc-bkup-num 9
--bpc-bkup-comp 3 --bpc-bkup-prevnum 8 --bpc-bkup-prevcomp 3
--bpc-bkup-inode0 293973 --bpc-log-level 1 -e /usr/bin/ssh -l root
--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
--acls --exclude=/proc --exclude=/dev --exclude=/tmp --exclude=/sys
--exclude=/var/tmp --exclude=/var/cache --exclude=/var/spool
--exclude=/var/run --exclude=/var/lock --exclude=/home/*/lost+found
--exclude=/mnt --exclude=/media --exclude=/lost+found 192.168.1x6.53:/ /
incr backup started for directory /
Xfer PIDs are now 17758
This is the rsync child about to exec /usr/local/bin/rsync_bpc
rsync_bpc: ACLs are not supported on this client
rsync error: syntax or usage error (code 1) at main.c(1439)
[client=3.0.9.3]
rsync_bpc exited with fatal status 1 (256) (rsync error: syntax or usage
error (code 1) at main.c(1439) [client=3.0.9.3])
Xfer PIDs are now 
Got fatal error during xfer (rsync error: syntax or usage error (code 1)
at main.c(1439) [client=3.0.9.3])
Backup aborted (rsync error: syntax or usage error (code 1) at
main.c(1439) [client=3.0.9.3])
BackupFailCleanup: nFilesTotal = 0, type = incr, BackupCase = 4, inPlace
= 0, lastBkupNum = 8
Removing empty backup #8
BackupPC_backupDelete: removing #8
BackupPC_backupDelete: Merge into backup 6
BackupPC_backupDelete: got 0 errors
Running BackupPC_refCountUpdate -h 192.168.1x6.53 -f on 192.168.1x6.53
xferPids 17766
BackupPC_refCountUpdate: host 192.168.1x6.53 got 0 errors
BackupPC_refCountPrint: total errors: 0
xferPids
Finished BackupPC_refCountUpdate (running time: 2 sec)

If I do not backup "--acls" and "--xattr" BackupPC 4.0 works perfectly.

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On 2015-08-29 07:24, Bob of Donelson Trophy wrote: 

> I posted this to the user mailing list three (3) weeks ago. 
> 
> Thought I would followup as I never received an answer or suggestion. 
> 
> . . . anybody backing up ACL's and xattr file permissions with BPC4.0? 
> 
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[BackupPC-users] Forbidden You don't have permission to access /BackupPC on this server.

[Bob of Donelson Trophy]

 

I have been using BackupPC for years on an Ubuntu/Debian OS. I am
switching to CentOS 7 and cannot figure out why I am getting the
following: 

FORBIDDEN

You don't have permission to access /BackupPC on this server. 

. . . . when I "http://[ipaddress]/BackupPC"; 

I have disabled selinux and firewalld to see if they are interfering
with my access. They do not appear to be. (So, I re-enabled them.) 

I can access "http://[ipaddress]"; and get the default CentOS webpage. 

To install BackupPC I enabled the EPEL repository. It appears to have
included all the dependencies. 

I have checked and re-checked file permissions. 

Any ideas why I cannot access? Suggestions? 

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Re: [BackupPC-users] Forbidden You don't have permission to access /BackupPC on this server.

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Yes, yes, and yes to all three questions. 

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On 2015-09-20 08:38, Timothy Murphy wrote: 

> Bob of Donelson Trophy wrote:
> 
>> I have been using BackupPC for years on an Ubuntu/Debian OS. I am switching 
>> to CentOS 7 and cannot figure out why I am getting the following: FORBIDDEN 
>> You don't have permission to access /BackupPC on this server. . . . . when I 
>> "http://[ipaddress]/BackupPC [1]" I have disabled selinux and firewalld to 
>> see if they are interfering with my access. They do not appear to be. (So, I 
>> re-enabled them.) I can access "http://[ipaddress] [2]" and get the default 
>> CentOS webpage. To install BackupPC I enabled the EPEL repository. It 
>> appears to have included all the dependencies. I have checked and re-checked 
>> file permissions. Any ideas why I cannot access? Suggestions?
> 
> 1. Did you edit /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf to have User backuppc
> and restart httpd ?
> 
> 2. Did you run sudo htpasswd -c /etc/BackupPC/apache.users 
> 
> 3. Does backuppc own all the files in /var/lib/BackupPC ?
 

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Re: [BackupPC-users] Forbidden You don't have permission to access /BackupPC on this server.

[Bob of Donelson Trophy]

 

Tried your suggestion . . . made no difference. 

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On 2015-09-20 08:07, Mark Maciolek wrote: 

> hi,
> 
> Make sute the BackupPC.conf in /etc/httpd/conf.d has this line in it:
> 
> Require all granted
> 
> Marlk
> 
> On 9/20/2015 8:42 AM, Bob of Donelson Trophy wrote: 
> 
>> I have been using BackupPC for years on an Ubuntu/Debian OS. I am switching 
>> to CentOS 7 and cannot figure out why I am getting the following: 
>> 
>> FORBIDDEN
>> 
>> You don't have permission to access /BackupPC on this server. 
>> 
>> . . . . when I "http://[ipaddress]/BackupPC"; 
>> 
>> I have disabled selinux and firewalld to see if they are interfering with my 
>> access. They do not appear to be. (So, I re-enabled them.) 
>> 
>> I can access "http://[ipaddress]"; and get the default CentOS webpage. 
>> 
>> To install BackupPC I enabled the EPEL repository. It appears to have 
>> included all the dependencies. 
>> 
>> I have checked and re-checked file permissions. 
>> 
>> Any ideas why I cannot access? Suggestions? 
>> 
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Re: [BackupPC-users] Forbidden You don't have permission to access /BackupPC on this server.

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Yes, you are correct. I tried "apache" and "backuppc" groups and nothing
changed. (It is suppose to be backuppc:apache by most accounts I am
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On 2015-09-20 15:35, Brad Alexander wrote: 

> Not familiar with running backuppc on centos. Is there a backuppc group that 
> your user has to be a member of? 
> 
> On Sun, Sep 20, 2015 at 3:23 PM, Bob of Donelson Trophy 
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> Yes, yes, and yes to all three questions. 
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> On 2015-09-20 08:38, Timothy Murphy wrote: 
> 
> Bob of Donelson Trophy wrote:
> I have been using BackupPC for years on an Ubuntu/Debian OS. I am switching 
> to CentOS 7 and cannot figure out why I am getting the following: FORBIDDEN 
> You don't have permission to access /BackupPC on this server. . . . . when I 
> "http://[ipaddress]/BackupPC"; I have disabled selinux and firewalld to see if 
> they are interfering with my access. They do not appear to be. (So, I 
> re-enabled them.) I can access "http://[ipaddress]"; and get the default 
> CentOS webpage. To install BackupPC I enabled the EPEL repository. It appears 
> to have included all the dependencies. I have checked and re-checked file 
> permissions. Any ideas why I cannot access? Suggestions? 
> 
> 1. Did you edit /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf to have User backuppc
> and restart httpd ?
> 
> 2. Did you run sudo htpasswd -c /etc/BackupPC/apache.users 
> 
> 3. Does backuppc own all the files in /var/lib/BackupPC ?

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Re: [BackupPC-users] Forbidden You don't have permission to access /BackupPC on this server.

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ve directory /var/www/html/: No
matching DirectoryIndex (index.html) found, and server-generated
directory index forbidden by Options directive
[Sat Sep 19 16:13:26.721978 2015] [authz_core:error] [pid 2935] [client
192.168.242.29:46580] AH01630: client denied by server configuration:
/usr/share/BackupPC/sbin/BackupPC_Admin
[Sat Sep 19 17:31:16.083884 2015] [mpm_prefork:notice] [pid 2929]
AH00170: caught SIGWINCH, shutting down gracefully
[Sat Sep 19 17:31:22.685745 2015] [suexec:notice] [pid 4578] AH01232:
suEXEC mechanism enabled (wrapper: /usr/sbin/suexec)
AH00558: httpd: Could not reliably determine the server's fully
qualified domain name, using localhost.localdomain. Set the 'ServerName'
directive globally to suppress this message
[Sat Sep 19 17:31:22.714166 2015] [auth_digest:notice] [pid 4578]
AH01757: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Sat Sep 19 17:31:22.715010 2015] [lbmethod_heartbeat:notice] [pid 4578]
AH02282: No slotmem from mod_heartmonitor
[Sat Sep 19 17:31:22.723066 2015] [mpm_prefork:notice] [pid 4578]
AH00163: Apache/2.4.6 (CentOS) mod_perl/2.0.9dev Perl/v5.16.3 configured
-- resuming normal operations
[Sat Sep 19 17:31:22.723207 2015] [core:notice] [pid 4578] AH00094:
Command line: '/usr/sbin/httpd -D FOREGROUND'
[Sat Sep 19 17:31:56.375289 2015] [authz_core:error] [pid 4579] [client
192.168.242.29:46846] AH01630: client denied by server configuration:
/usr/share/BackupPC/sbin/BackupPC_Admin
[Sat Sep 19 17:32:05.404170 2015] [autoindex:error] [pid 4580] [client
192.168.242.29:46847] AH01276: Cannot serve directory /var/www/html/: No
matching DirectoryIndex (index.html) found, and server-generated
directory index forbidden by Options directive
[Sun Sep 20 03:33:01.233292 2015] [mpm_prefork:notice] [pid 4578]
AH00171: Graceful restart requested, doing restart
AH00558: httpd: Could not reliably determine the server's fully
qualified domain name, using localhost.localdomain. Set the 'ServerName'
directive globally to suppress this message 

>>>>>>>>>>> snipped <<<<<<<<<<<<<< 

Now, FYI, this machine has a dynamic ip address. (It will move later to
it's final location where it will receive and static address.) So, I am
not worried about the "qualified domain name" complaint. 

The complaint about "/usr/share/BackupPC/sbin/BackupPC_Admin" access. I
have explored file permissions and believe I have them set correctly.
Most with "backuppc:apache" user name and group name combination. But,
not knowing how to read log files very well, there may be something
there I have overlooked. 

I did notice "Cannot serve directory /var/www/html/: No matching
DirectoryIndex (index.html) found, and server-generated directory index
forbidden by Options directive" and I do not have an index.html file in
/var/www/html/ but rather all the files that make up the "BackupPC"
webpage. (*.gif, *.css, *.png, etc.) 

And so, sorry about the top posting but I need help. 
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On 2015-09-20 18:35, Adam Goryachev wrote: 

> On 21/09/15 09:18, Bob of Donelson Trophy wrote: On 2015-09-20 08:38, Timothy 
> Murphy wrote: 
> 
> Bob of Donelson Trophy wrote:
> I have been using BackupPC for years on an Ubuntu/Debian OS. I am switching 
> to CentOS 7 and cannot figure out why I am getting the following: FORBIDDEN 
> You don't have permission to access /BackupPC on this server. . . . . when I 
> "http://[ipaddress]/BackupPC"; I have disabled selinux and firewalld to see if 
> they are interfering with my access. They do not appear to be. (So, I 
> re-enabled them.) I can access "http://[ipaddress]"; and get the default 
> CentOS webpage. To install BackupPC I enabled the EPEL repository. It appears 
> to have included all the dependencies. I have checked and re-checked file 
> permissions. Any ideas why I cannot access? Suggestions? 
> 
> 1. Did you edit /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf to have User backuppc
> and restart httpd ?
> 
> 2. Did you run sudo htpasswd -c /etc/BackupPC/apache.users 
> 
> 3. Does backuppc own all the files in /var/lib/BackupPC ?
 Hi Bob,

 Suggestion why not show us what you have in your config file? Maybe
even share the log file (apache error_log)? That would likely allow us
to provide more than just random guesses.

 PS, and please don't top post on mailing lists.

 PPS, please don't take this the wrong way, the above is constructive
criticism (or meant to be). Providing configs and logs will allow
everyone to provide more sensible/helpful responses.

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Re: [BackupPC-users] Forbidden You don't have permission to access /BackupPC on this server.

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I really do not want to talk about top posting and the all the reasons I
have little choice in the matter . . . please. 

Regarding my permissions issue. I have really begun to think that CentOS
7 is a little too new for this particular installation. I am still
learning about selinux and it's benefits but, I do not have time to wait
much longer. So I have decided to start again with CentOS 6.7. I need
this machine to be backing up. And I think I will find a solution and
upgrade instructions (to CentOS 7) before 2020 when CentOS 6.7 is end of
life. There is plenty of instructions to get C6.7 and BPC3.3.1 running. 

Thanks for everyones suggestions on this . . . I may be back soon. 
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On 2015-09-21 10:36, Les Mikesell wrote: 

> On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 7:03 AM, Bob of Donelson Trophy
>  wrote:
> 
>> First, my only comment on top posting. Here in the states most email clients 
>> default to top posting. Therefore, if I set my defaults to bottom post (as 
>> requested but not mandatory by all mailing list I participate in) my US 
>> customers (who, grant you, are NOT logical and think email should be in 
>> bottom post, logical order) reply to my emails with "your email response was 
>> empty" or "You didn't answer my question"
> 
> It's really not that hard to move your cursor around regardless of the
> mailer default, is it?
> 
>> # # htpasswd -c /etc/BackupPC/apache.users yourusername # AuthType Basic 
>> AuthUserFile /etc/BackupPC/apache.users ##AuthUserFile 
>> /etc/lib/BackupPC/passwd/htpasswd AuthName "BackupPC"
> 
> Did you run the htpasswd command to set a password for user BackupPC,
> and is the /etc/BackupPC/apache.users file readable by the server?
> 
>>  # Apache 2.4  ## Require valid-user 
>> Require all granted  Require local   
>>   # Apache 2.2 order deny,allow deny 
>> from all ## allow from 127.0.0.1 allow from all ## allow from ::1 ## require 
>> valid-user require all granted 
> 
> I no longer have access to a bunch of Centos machines to check this,
> but I think the apache 2.4 version above that would apply to centos 7
> says the request has to come from the local host. And that would
> match your log file saying the client is denied access, not that the
> server does not have file access permission.
> 
>> I did notice "Cannot serve directory /var/www/html/: No matching 
>> DirectoryIndex (index.html) found, and server-generated directory index 
>> forbidden by Options directive" and I do not have an index.html file in 
>> /var/www/html/ but rather all the files that make up the "BackupPC" webpage. 
>> (*.gif, *.css, *.png, etc.)
> 
> Your DocumentRoot is set to /var/www/html so that's what you get if
> you don't specify a path in your url. If you use one of the Alias
> names you shouldn't be going there.
 

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Re: [BackupPC-users] Forbidden You don't have permission to access /BackupPC on this server.

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I just finished installing C6.7 and BackuppPC 3.3.1. It went like a
charm. Getting ready to take the machine to it's final home. 

I am not complaining but the documentation always lags (with any distro)
and the issues I was having with C7 are most likely related to the newer
systemd, selinux or both. I just do not have time to research and find
the answers. My old BackupPC machine died and I needed this one machine
running ASAP. Like I said 2020 is end of life for C6.7. By next year
this time, I'll probably find the upgrade info I need. 

I love linux. I always get it to work for me, eventually. 

(Sorry, I top posted again!! It a long, long story, I have no choice.) 

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On 2015-09-21 14:06, Kris Lou wrote: 

> In both cases (6, 7), your easiest path of installation is probably to just 
> hook into EPEL repositories and install BackupPC (3.3.1) via yum. Certainly a 
> lot easier than finding and installing dependencies manually. 
> 
> I'm in a similar dilemma with regards to CentOS 7 upgrades, but I figure I 
> have 5 more years to deal with it. Hopefully some kind soul will be 
> maintaining 4.x in EPEL by then. 
> 
> p.s. Thanks to Bernard Johnson for maintaining the current version. 
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Re: [BackupPC-users] Forbidden You don't have permission to access /BackupPC on this server.

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Les, 

What I was trying to say (and not very well) is that I was having
trouble finding the answers I needed. I had to get the backup server up
and running so I abandon the C7 version and reverted to C6.7 hoping
someday there will be a simple upgrade soon . . . as in next year or
maybe the year after. 

And you may be correct. I remember reading somewhere that one of the
issues Apache 2.4 handles differently than Apache 2.2 is external
access. And I searched for that information again and could not find it.
(Bottom line, C6.7 is running and I have moved on.) 

Thanks for your suggestion. I always appreciate your insight. 

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On 2015-09-22 13:45, Les Mikesell wrote: 

> On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 3:39 PM, Timothy Murphy  wrote:
> On Monday 21 September 2015 12:11:39 Bob of Donelson Trophy wrote: Regarding 
> my permissions issue. I have really begun to think that CentOS 7 is a little 
> too new for this particular installation. I'm not sure what this means - you 
> seem to have installed BackupPC OK.

I think it is the difference between Apache 2.2 and 2.4. The apache
log said the configuration prevented the client from having access -
and only the part of the config that applied to apache 2.2 was changed
to allow access from remote clients. But, I don't have systems to
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Re: [BackupPC-users] Forbidden You don't have permission to access /BackupPC on this server.

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First, I have trimmed out the irrelevant rhetoric. 

To the nicer people on this list, with your help, I have moved on. 

If you read all the threads of my original post, Stefan Peter was the
first to get way off topic. 

Then, whether appropriate or not, Holger Parplies uses this off topic
post to start one of his rants. Holger, you have chastised me before and
I let it go. 

This is the BackupPC-users mailing list and I am a user of BackupPC and
have been for years. I, as a user, ask questions just like any other
user posting to this list. In the future, I will be back. 

Holger, you have berated many via this list. You should be ashamed of
your behavior. I have noticed this fact, it is always late in the day
here (in the USA) which is late night in Europe when you post one of
your rants . . . . there is treatment for your condition. Get some help.
You are NOT a nice person when your like this. 

Holger, I DO NOT WANT YOUR HELP ANYMORE!! In the future when you see my
name, Bob Wooden (see it there in the email signature below) DO NOT
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On 2015-09-22 15:49, Holger Parplies wrote: 

> Hi,
> 
> Stefan Peter wrote on 2015-09-21 20:20:44 +0200 
> 
> . . . . mails from you (Bob of Donelson Trophy) 
> . . . .you are not exactly encouraging anyone to help you in the
> future.
> 
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Re: [BackupPC-users] Retiring hosts without losing backups

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Go to the host config page . . . under "Schedule" and find
"BackupsDisable" and go to wiki and read about the options. 

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On 2016-01-29 14:29, Kenneth Porter wrote: 

> I've got backups for quite a few hosts that have been retired. I regularly 
> get nag emails telling me that these hosts haven't been backed up recently. 
> What's the best way to tell BPC to stop sending notification emails for a 
> host without deleting its data?
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Re: [BackupPC-users] missing libsocket6-perl dependency Backuppc 3.3.0 on Ubuntu 15.10

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> Hi Robert,
> 
> Am 28.03.2016 um 13:16 schrieb Robert Wooden:
> 
>> A few months ago I built a Ubuntu 15.10 backuppc (current 3.3.0 version, I 
>> think) and had an issue regarding missing dependencies. I got busy and 
>> forgot to post my incident. Well, had a hard drive failure and have had to 
>> rebuild the machine. Install Ubuntu 15.10 server with a "minicd" with "basic 
>> server", "lamp", and "openssh" (tasksel) options only. On start up, 
>> installed "vim-nox" and set ssh to allow root password and installed 
>> "backuppc". On restart I could not access the "ipaddress/backuppc" and 
>> received a long complaint regarding "Socket6" missing instead of the usual 
>> backuppc gui. Some Internet research and discovered that to solve my issue I 
>> had to install "libsocket6-perl" package and my issue was gone. Backuppc now 
>> properly offers it's gui. I just thought someone should know that all the 
>> dependencies are not included when installing from repository against 
>> U15.10. Perhaps someone could correct this?
> 
> This is a packaging issue. Please file a bug at
> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/backuppc/+bugs [1]
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Re: [BackupPC-users] Status on new BackupPC v4

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I could be completely wrong but, I have v4.0alpha and v3.31(?) running
on two different machines and both are just doing their job. Backing up
clients at their locations. 

Backuppc (IMO) has always been a simple frontend for rsync with some
scripts that guide rsync (and other programs) to store backups. 

At this moment, those scripts are working fine with the current versions
of rsync (and all the other programs (MySQL, LAMP stack, etc.) needed to
make Backuppc work.) 

All these other programs are independent of Backuppc and until those
scripts (that essentially are Backuppc) fail, we the users have little
to fear . . . not trying to start any fear and doubt . . . otherwise
known as FUD. 

Today, there are thousands of Backuppc machines running everywhere. 

Someday, when the need arises, someone will pickup the banner and run
with it. Post the fix to whatever script needs a line change and we the
users will continue to enjoy the benefits. 

Just my two cents . . . (but, if someone out there is thinking of
picking up the banner . . . think about ACL's . . . to me this appears
to be the next needed step, that was started by Craig with v4.0 that
currently does not work.) 

See there is a need, now!!

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On 2016-04-22 05:44, Paolo Basenghi wrote:

> Hi Michael!
> When it will become too mature, it will fall down!
> 
> The World outside IS evolving!
> 
> Today BPC is a great piece of software and I use it and I like it, but in a 
> few year without development it will be good for a place in a OSS Museum!
> 
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> 
> Il 22/04/2016 11:03, Michael Schumacher ha scritto: 
> 
>> Hi Sorin,
>> 
>> Friday, April 22, 2016, 9:34:11 AM, you wrote:
>> 
>> SS> I hope it's not off-topic on this particular list, but what alternatives 
>> do
>> SS> we have, that are as easy to install and maintain as BPC?
>> 
>> why would you need an alternative? BackupPC is a mature product. I do
>> not miss any features. Just use it.
>> In fact, I appreciate the fact that it is not evolving to a feature
>> monster over time.
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Re: [BackupPC-users] New Fedora packager

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Welcome. Glad to see someone took this over. 

Now, perhaps v4.0??  (hint, hint.)

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On 2016-06-29 05:01, Benjamin Lefoul wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Just a notification that I went through with this and took over
> packaging on Fedora and EPEL (RHEL, CentOS, Scientific Linux...) since
> the previous packager was gone.
> 
> https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/BackupPC
> 
> BZ: https://bugzilla.redhat.com//show_bug.cgi?id=1342138
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> If no one here objects, I would like to change the upstream source to
> github.
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Re: [BackupPC-users] localhost Can't cd to /root: Permission denied

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Thanks for the response, Brad. 

I need to clarify that I can backup other hosts just NOT the localhost
and I am confused as to why I cannot. 

I see, by your "backup command" that your using rsync. Is this the
command to backup your localhost? 

I just tried ssh-ing into the locahost (first time I can remember that
experience) and it worked. 

Re-ran my test command "sudo -u backuppc
/usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_dump -v -f localhost" and got the same
"Backup aborted (No files dumped for share /)" and "Can't cd to /root:
Permission denied". 

Scratching my head! What is it?

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On 2016-07-19 07:22, Brad Alexander wrote:

> I am running backuppc-3.3.1-2 on a Debian/sid box, I am ssh-ing into the box 
> and have a limited set of sudo commands that backuppc can execute. This is as 
> opposed to ssh-ing in as root. 
> 
> I have the following in my /etc/sudoers.d/backuppc account:
> 
> Cmnd_AliasBACKUP=/bin/tar, /usr/bin/rsync, /usr/bin/mysqldump, 
> /usr/local/sbin/dbdump
> backuppcALL=NOPASSWD:BACKUP
> 
> Then I am able to run backups.
> 
> First step, can you ssh into the local host? Second step, can you simulate 
> the backup command? In my case it is
> 
> /usr/bin/ssh -q -x farragut sudo /usr/bin/rsync --server --sender 
> --numeric-ids --perms --owner --group -D --links --hard-links --times 
> --block-size=2048 --recursive --checksum-seed=32761 --ignore-times . /
> 
> On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 7:18 AM, Robert Wooden  wrote:
> 
>> Is this backing up of the localhost functional for anyone? Surely? 
>> 
>> -
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>> FROM: "Robert Wooden" 
>> TO: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" 
>> 
>> SENT: Sunday, July 17, 2016 12:57:40 PM
>> SUBJECT: [BackupPC-users] localhost Can't cd to /root: Permission denied 
>> 
>> I am in the process of rebuilding a Backuppc machine (hard drive died) and 
>> never (even before hdd died) got backing up localhost (via tar) to backup. 
>> As a result of the rebuild I have gotten into backing up the localhost 
>> again. 
>> 
>> I have made the adjustments to "TarClientCmd" and "TarClientRestoreCmd" as 
>> instructed at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BackupPC (near the end) as 
>> well as adjusted "visudo". (This use to work.) 
>> 
>> When I run: "sudo -u backuppc /usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_dump -v -f 
>> localhost" to troubleshoot the issue and the final lines returned are 
>> "Backup aborted (No files dumped for share /)" and "Can't cd to /root: 
>> Permission denied". 
>> 
>> Much search engine searching the 'issue' returns next to nothing. 
>> 
>> This use to work at some point (Ubuntu v14.04LTS and Backuppc 3.3.0, I 
>> think) but, something changed and now building on v16.04LTS with Backuppc 
>> v3.3.1 it does not. 
>> 
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Re: [BackupPC-users] Second Destination

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On 2016-10-24 09:18, Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote:

> On 10/24 04:08 , Jan Novak wrote: 
> 
>> i have running backuppc very well to backup the data to a local harddisc 
>> available for the backuppc machine (a virtual one). I like to make a 
>> backup now to a second destination, outside my house for a dual 
>> strategy. I have a tunnel connection to that destination and ssh access 
>> also.
>> Is this possible ?
> 
> No, you'll have to set up a second BackupPC server which uses a different
> data store. This is not difficult, and there is a benefit to using an
> entirely separate server - if one breaks, the other may still be working.
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I, like the OP, have a second location that is connected via VPN tunnel.
You insinuating that the second machine can connect and backup clients
through the VPN tunnel from the second location to the first? 

If so, any docs reading suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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Re: [BackupPC-users] Second Destination

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On 2016-10-24 10:21, Johan Ehnberg wrote:

>> I, like the OP, have a second location that is connected via VPN tunnel.
>> You insinuating that the second machine can connect and backup clients
>> through the VPN tunnel from the second location to the first?
>> 
>> If so, any docs reading suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Hi Bob,
> 
> A simple way to do this is simply to add the hop to your RsyncClientCmd, 
> for example with all kinds of compression and tuning:
> $sshPath -C -t -q -x -l USERATMAINSERVER MAINSERVER.example.com ssh -q 
> -x -o BatchMode=yes -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -l USERATCLIENT $host 
> sudo $rsyncPath $argList+
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 Thanks, I'll have to try this!!! (Simple is good!!)

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Re: [BackupPC-users] Version 4 vs 3

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On 2016-10-27 09:58, Alain Mouette wrote:

> I also asked about version 4 here but got zero answers...
> 
> It dos look a bit abandoned, who is working o it?
> 
> -
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> 
> A 27 de outubro de 2016 12:45:04 Jan Novak  escreveu:
> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> in standard enviroment (only linux enviroment), what ist the right
>> version to use?
>> At sourceforge i can see latest version4 from 2013 -will it be developed
>> or ist this version dead?
>> 
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The confusion is that there are two location, one for V3 and another
(github) for V4. 

Although the transition to V4 is in it's infancy and the transition is a
bite muddled, it is happening and the newer version is considered better
than V3. 

Look there (github) and you will find that V4 does work.

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Re: [BackupPC-users] Second Destination

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On 2016-10-24 10:21, Johan Ehnberg wrote:

>> I, like the OP, have a second location that is connected via VPN tunnel.
>> You insinuating that the second machine can connect and backup clients
>> through the VPN tunnel from the second location to the first?
>> 
>> If so, any docs reading suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Hi Bob,
> 
> A simple way to do this is simply to add the hop to your RsyncClientCmd, 
> for example with all kinds of compression and tuning:
> $sshPath -C -t -q -x -l USERATMAINSERVER MAINSERVER.example.com ssh -q 
> -x -o BatchMode=yes -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -l USERATCLIENT $host 
> sudo $rsyncPath $argList+
> 
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Johan, 

Thanks for your suggestion, I really appreciate it. 

It has been a while but, I finally hard to to look at this and think it
over what you said. 

One question. Did you change the RsyncClientRestoreCmd in the same
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Re: [BackupPC-users] Second Destination

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On 2016-11-20 15:57, Les Mikesell wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 9:08 AM, Bob of Donelson Trophy
>  wrote:
> 
> $sshPath -C -t -q -x -l USERATMAINSERVER MAINSERVER.example.com ssh -q
> -x -o BatchMode=yes -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -l USERATCLIENT $host 
> One question. Did you change the RsyncClientRestoreCmd in the same manner?

Using 2 layers of ssh forwarding is clever, but it is only necessary
if you can't route directly to the client.  That is, if your 2 subnets
have unique IP addresses and the VPN link handles routing (including
the route back from the client), you don't need to do anything
different from your remote server. 

Thanks Les. 

I am currently testing backing up one client machine from the other end
of the vpn. I used the client machines ipaddress instead of it's
hostname. The ssh key was copied and the backup began as expected. So,
the different ip subnet did not matter to the backuppc machine. (First
time I had ever tried backing up thru the vpn.) I also expected the
backup to be slower thru the vpn than the local backuppc machine there
and it appears to be that, slower. 

I figured, for now, keep it simple and just try this and see what
happens. 

When the backup completes I will compare the two backuppc machine client
data. I'm looking for redundancy with two backups per client machine in
two different geographical locations, one local lan and the other at my
house (other end of vpn.) Backup has been running about three hours now.


Like you said, the two subnets are well translated by the vpn link. 

As far as his "string", I'm still studying what the "options" mean and
might his way be a faster backup method or not. These are only thoughts
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Re: [BackupPC-users] Second Destination

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On 2016-11-20 17:58, Les Mikesell wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 4:32 PM, Bob of Donelson Trophy
>  wrote: 
> 
>> I am currently testing backing up one client machine from the other end of
>> the vpn. I used the client machines ipaddress instead of it's hostname. The
>> ssh key was copied and the backup began as expected. So, the different ip
>> subnet did not matter to the backuppc machine. (First time I had ever tried
>> backing up thru the vpn.) I also expected the backup to be slower thru the
>> vpn than the local backuppc machine there and it appears to be that, slower.
>> 
>> I figured, for now, keep it simple and just try this and see what happens.
>> 
>> When the backup completes I will compare the two backuppc machine client
>> data. I'm looking for redundancy with two backups per client machine in two
>> different geographical locations, one local lan and the other at my house
>> (other end of vpn.) Backup has been running about three hours now.
>> 
>> Like you said, the two subnets are well translated by the vpn link.
>> 
>> As far as his "string", I'm still studying what the "options" mean and might
>> his way be a faster backup method or not. These are only thoughts at this
>> point.
> 
> The -C enables compression for the ssh and is likely to help
> considerably - unless your VPN is also doing compression.   The
> initial copy of each client is likely to take a long time, depending
> on the speed of your network connections, but subsequent runs with
> rsync will be much faster, only copying the differences.   If the
> initial full runs are impractical, it might work to initial set the
> 2nd server up locally, then move it to the offsite location with the
> initial data in place - or ship a drive for a similar machine.

(First my apologizes, my webmail client has a glitch. Not a story for
this mailing list but my reply will look like an extension of the
previous message and can cause confusion during reading . . . you'll see
what I mean if the "glitch" happens.) 

Thanks for the info, Les. 

I backed up a small Active Directory Domain Controller (Samba4). It is
about 5Gb in size and (full) backed up in about an hour. Slower than the
local Backuppc but, not a lot slower. 

Then I started the backup of one of the ADDC member file servers . . .
about 250Gb (I think) . . . Backuppc (thru vpn) has been running now for
about 21 hours for this first, full backup. This backup took about five
or six hours locally. 

I'm guessing it will finish soon . . . I hope. 

This idea of doing the initial backup (of the second machine) on the
local lan and then moving it to the second location, I do not see this
as very practical. Every week (6.97 days) Backuppc does a full backup,
does this mean I need to move the machine every 6.97 days to the local
lan? 

Surely there is some compression options that could be put in place to
better stream the data thru the vpn and improve the backup speed? 

So I add "-C" to the "RsyncClientCmd sshpath" or "RsyncArgs"? 

Aren't the "-q -x -l" default options in the "RsyncClientCmd sshpath"
ssh options? (Therefore the "-C" addition goes with them?)

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Re: [BackupPC-users] Second Destination

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On 2016-11-21 11:01, Les Mikesell wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 6:29 AM, Bob of Donelson Trophy
>  wrote: 
> 
>> I backed up a small Active Directory Domain Controller (Samba4). It is about
>> 5Gb in size and (full) backed up in about an hour. Slower than the local
>> Backuppc but, not a lot slower.
> 
> Note that samba xfers are going to transfer everything on every full run.
> 
>> Then I started the backup of one of the ADDC member file servers . . . about
>> 250Gb (I think) . . . Backuppc (thru vpn) has been running now for about 21
>> hours for this first, full backup. This backup took about five or six hours
>> locally.
> 
> Is this also samba or are you using rsync for this?
> 
>> I'm guessing it will finish soon . . . I hope.
>> 
>> This idea of doing the initial backup (of the second machine) on the local
>> lan and then moving it to the second location, I do not see this as very
>> practical. Every week (6.97 days) Backuppc does a full backup, does this
>> mean I need to move the machine every 6.97 days to the local lan?
> 
> With the rsync or rysyncd xfer methods, even on full runs only the
> changes are sent over the wire although the client reads all the files
> to do a block checksum comparison so it may still take a long time to
> complete even when not using a lot of bandwidth.
> 
>> Surely there is some compression options that could be put in place to
>> better stream the data thru the vpn and improve the backup speed?
>> 
>> So I add "-C" to the "RsyncClientCmd sshpath" or "RsyncArgs"?
>> 
>> Aren't the "-q -x -l" default options in the "RsyncClientCmd sshpath" ssh
>> options? (Therefore the "-C" addition goes with them?)
> 
> Yes, it goes in the sshpath - or you can also control compression with
> the sshd configuration on the client side.   However, it is only used
> with the rsync xfer method.  Rsyncd and samba do not use the ssh
> layer.
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All my Samba machines (DC's and member servers) are Debian/Ubuntu based
and being backed up via rsync. (Never had a reason to try rsyncd.) My
W7/W10 clients are all workstations with folder redirection so I do not
use Backuppc to back them up. (Just clonezilla images once a week for
them.) 

Thanks to Adam Goryachev response from earlier, you have reiterated the
reason to do initial rsync backup on the local lan and then relocate the
machine. (I had read this in the past and forgotten that fact.) That is
easy to do, for me. 

But, I am going to try adding the "-C" to the client sshpath just to
test and see what happens. 

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[BackupPC-users] version 4 gif files only

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This is a BackupPC version 4 question. 

Attention Johan Ehnberg (author of "Installing BackupPC 4 from git on
Ubuntu Xenial 16.04 LTS" script.) 

I have a VM running Ubuntu 16.04.1LTS and decided to try the script
posted at
https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki/Installing-BackupPC-4-from-git-on-Ubuntu-Xenial-16.04-LTS.


Install appeared to process correctly. 

When I access the //[ip address]/BackupPC I get a list of mostly *.gif
files. (Clearly the graphics 'pieces' that make the web interface.) 

I believe this may be a permissions issue. 

Did the script fail in some fashion I am not seeing? 

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Re: [BackupPC-users] version 4 gif files only [SOLVED]

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On 2016-12-17 06:46, Robert Wooden wrote:

> Thanks fo getting back to me on this. 
> 
> No, I did not change anything. I simply ran the script, I got what I got and 
> now see lots of gif files. 
> 
> Let me further explain that I had Bpc4 running on CentOS over a year ago. I 
> searched for my notes and have not found them, yet, but, I have a vague 
> memory of having a similar experience when I started one of my Bpc setups 
> (cannot remember if it was an expereince on Bpc3 or Bpc4 setup.) 
> 
> (And, my memory isthat my solution was related to "BackupPC_Admin". But, that 
> is a memory that could be incorrect.) 
> 
> So, I am familar with Bpc4 from a *.tar file installation. I am not that 
> familar with 'sed' replacement strings. Could some portion of your script 
> have failed and that is why I am seeing gif files? 
> 
> Please do not be offended by my suggestion. I am trying to eliminate possible 
> reasons to figure out why Bpc4 is not running correctly. 
> 
> -
> 
> FROM: "Johan Ehnberg" 
> TO: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> SENT: Friday, December 16, 2016 7:07:46 PM
> SUBJECT: Re: [BackupPC-users] version 4 gif files only
> Hi Bob,
> Did you change the setting in config.pl? Otherwise the default it is 
> /BackupPC_Admin. I'll improve the wiki page with a note about that.
> Best regards,
> Johan
> On 12/15/2016 08:54 AM, Bob of Donelson Trophy wrote:
>> This is a BackupPC version 4 question.
>> 
>> Attention Johan Ehnberg (author of "Installing BackupPC 4 from git on
>> Ubuntu Xenial 16.04 LTS" script.)
>> 
>> I have a VM running Ubuntu 16.04.1LTS and decided to try the script
>> posted at
>> https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki/Installing-BackupPC-4-from-git-on-Ubuntu-Xenial-16.04-LTS.
>> 
>> Install appeared to process correctly.
>> 
>> When I access the //[ip address]/BackupPC I get a list of mostly *.gif
>> files. (Clearly the graphics 'pieces' that make the web interface.)
>> 
>> I believe this may be a permissions issue.
>> 
>> Did the script fail in some fashion I am not seeing?
>> 
>> 
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I found my notes from July 2015 when I installed BackupPC v4 on CentOS. 

I tailed the /var/log/BackupPC/LOG and discovered this: 

root@backuppc4:~# tail -f /var/log/BackupPC/LOG
2016-12-30 06:43:54 Reloading config/host files via CGI request
2016-12-30 06:43:54 Next wakeup is 2016-12-30 07:00:00
2016-12-30 06:46:51 Reading hosts file
2016-12-30 06:46:51 unix bind() failed: No such file or directory 

I Googled the phrase "unix bind() failed: No such file or directory" and
found a CentOS bug report (https://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=9260)
from August 2015 that BackupPC was not creating a "/var/run/BackupPC
directory". I created the directory and created a
/etc/tmpfiles.d/BackupPC.conf file with this content: 
D /var/r

Re: [BackupPC-users] I'm done

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On 2017-01-20 09:11, Odhiambo Washington wrote:

> On 20 January 2017 at 05:30, TE Dukes  wrote:
> 
>> I've been running a Linux system since 1997.
>> 
>> I love a challenge, but this right here is why Linux will never be
>> mainstream.
>> 
>> Was recruited by un-named government agencies to develop statistical
>> computer models in Fortran back in the mid-70's. Paid good beer money.
>> 
>> This should not be this hard to setup. I can backup a remote Win 10 laptop
>> from work with rsync/ssh, but not with BackupPC.
>> 
>> I appreciate the help I received but I'll just use the Task Scheduler in
>> Windows to do the work.
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> 
>> rpm -e backuppc
> 
> You need a lot of patience to setup this system. Lots of it! 
> 
> Get some 20-something year old worth his salt to do it for you:-) 
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Don't that I do not agree with the "get the 20-something  . . to do it"
idea but, I have never found setting up BackuppPC that challenging. Yes,
it does have small problems right now because Craig is pretty busy but,
it has served me well for many, many years. 

There are many articles that help. Now, if your trying to backup Windows
10 well good luck. Any then, on top of that challenge, it be a "Windows
Guy" that thinks it (setup) should be handed to him . . . like Redmond
just says "here ya go" . . . lol. 

And finally, it's okay if "linux" is not for you.

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Re: [BackupPC-users] Problems using the wiki script

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On 2017-02-03 11:46, Craig Barratt wrote:

> I plan to delete the 4.0.0 branch, which isn't being used.

Any chance you could take a moment to clarify this statement? (Your
deleting v4 branch?) 

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Re: [BackupPC-users] Size Difference between source and backup

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On 2017-02-23 09:24, Jan Stransky wrote:

> Restore backup into test enviroment...
> 
> http://www.taobackup.com/
> 
> On 02/23/2017 04:13 PM, André Tapxure - Soluções Ideais wrote: Can you please 
> suggest for me to "trust" in BackupPC (is my first interaction) a method to 
> check that the full backup is reliable?
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> - Mensagem original -
> De: "Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom" 
> Para: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" 
> 
> Enviadas: Terça-feira, 21 de fevereiro de 2017 10:45:36
> Assunto: Re: [BackupPC-users] Size Difference between source and backup
> 
> On 02/21 07:58 , André Tapxure - Soluções Ideais wrote: Hi, there!
> I did a du -h '--max-depth=1' in the full backup dir and asked for folder 
> properties in windows server tha is being backed up and saw a 337GB 
> difference (440GB to 777GB). I noted also that all files in the destination 
> starts with an 'f'. What that means? Is the backup ok? 
> The 'f' means that those files are compressed with BackupPC's own
> compression tool. If you try to catenate an ASCII text file which starts
> with an 'f', you'll see that it's compressed.
> 
> To uncompress and examine an individual file, use the
> /usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_zcat tool. Something like:
> 
> # /usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_zcat 
> /var/lib/backuppc/pc/host.example.tld/1842/f%2f/fetc/fissue
> Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS \n \l

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This is NOT what it claims to be or seems to be!! 

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Re: [BackupPC-users] backuppc 3.3.1-2ubuntu3 breaks pool graphs on the Status page.

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On 2017-02-23 09:38, Stefan Peter wrote:

> Dear Joe Leavy
> Am 23.02.2017 um 14:34 schrieb Joe Leavy: 
> 
>> Thanksbut
>> 
>> james@store-01:~$ sudo chmod 644 /var/log/backuppc/pool.rrd
>> [sudo] password for james:
>> chmod: cannot access '/var/log/backuppc/pool.rrd': No such file or directory
> 
> Well, on my systems the path is
> /var/lib/backuppc/log/pool.rrd
> and not
> /var/log/backuppc/pool.rrd
> 
> With kind regards
> 
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Stefan, 

Is you OS Ubuntu/Debian?

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Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC 4.0.0 released

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On 2017-03-04 13:12, Craig Barratt wrote:

> BackupPC community, 
> 
> I'm happy to announce that BackupPC 4.0.0 has been released on Github [1] and 
> SourceForge [2].   
> 
> BackupPC 4.0.0 is a significant improvement over 3.x in terms of performance 
> and storage efficiency. It is backward compatible with 3.x storage, so it can 
> be used to upgrade an existing V3 installation as well as for brand new 
> installs. 
> 
> BackupPC 4.0.0 requires the perl module BackupPC::XS [3] (>= 0.50) and 
> rsync-bpc [4] (>= 3.0.9.5).  
> 
> After installing those two packages, BackupPC 4.0.0 can be installed from the 
> tar ball with: 
> 
> tar zxf BackupPC-4.0.0.tar.gz 
> cd BackupPC-4.0.0 
> perl configure.pl [5] 
> 
> See the README.md, ChangeLog and doc/BackupPC.html [6] files for more 
> information.  An overview of the major changes is below. 
> 
> Thanks for to everyone who provided fixes and reported issues with the alpha 
> and github versions. 
> 
> Enjoy!!
> 
> Craig 
> 
> Here's a summary of the most significant changes in V4: 
> 
> * No use of hardlinks (except temporarily to do atomic renames). Reference 
> counting is handled at the application level in a batch manner (hardlinks 
> will still remain for any legacy V3 backups).
> * Backups are stored as "reverse deltas" - the most recent backup is always 
> filled and older backups are reconstituted by merging all the deltas starting 
> with the nearest future filled backup and working backwards.
> * This is the opposite of V3 where incrementals are stored as "forward 
> deltas" to a prior backup (typically the last full backup or prior 
> lower-level incremental backup, or the last full in the case of rsync).
> * Since the most recent backup is filled, viewing/restoring that backup 
> (which is the most common backup used) doesn't require merging any deltas 
> from other backups.
> * The concepts of incr/full backups and unfilled/filled storage are 
> decoupled. The most recent backup is always filled. By default, for the 
> remaining backups, full backups are filled and incremental backups are 
> unfilled, but that is configurable.
> * Uses full-file MD5 digests, which are stored in the directory attrib files. 
>  Each backup directory only contains an empty attrib file whose name includes 
> its own MD5 digest, which is used to look up the attrib file's contents in 
> the pool.  In turn, that file contains the metadata for every file in that 
> directory, including each files's MD5 digest.
> * The Pool layout still supports chains to handle md5 collisions. While 
> collisions can be constructed and are now well-known, they are highly 
> unlikely in the wild. Pool files are never renamed or moved, unlike V3.
> * Any backup can be deleted (deltas are merged into next older backup if it 
> is not filled).
> * The reverse deltas allow "infinite incrementals" - no need for a full 
> backup if you are willing to trade speed for the risk that a file change will 
> not be detected if the metadata (eg, mtime or size) doesn't change.
> * An rsync "full" backup now uses --checksum (instead of --ignore-times), 
> which is much more efficient on the server side - the server just needs to 
> check the full-file checksum computed by the client, together with the mtime, 
> nlinks, size attributes, to see if the file has changed. If you want a more 
> conservative approach, you can change it back to --ignore-times, which 
> requires the server to send block checksums to the client.
> * The use of rsync --checksum allows BackupPC to guess a potential match 
> anywhere in the pool, even on a first-time backup. In that case, the usual 
> rsync block checksums are still exchanged to make sure the complete file is 
> identical.
> * Uses a modified rsync called rsync_bpc (currently based on rsync-3.0.9) on 
> the server side (in place of File::RsyncP), with a C code interface to the 
> BackupPC storage. So the whole data path for rsync is now in compiled C code, 
> which is much faster than perl.
> * Due to the use of rsync-3.X, acls and xattrs are supported, and many other 
> useful options (but not all) are supported. Rsync protocol 30 supports the 
> efficient incremental file list, which significantly improves memory usage 
> and startup time. It also supports MD5 full-file checksums, which match 
> BackupPC's new digest. That allows a full-file digest to be checked as easily 
> as an mtime on the server side.
> * Significant portions of the BackupPC code are now compiled C code in a new 
> module called BackupPC::XS that is dynamically linked to perl.
> 
> * V3 migration: nothing specific is needed. V4 can browse/view/restore V3 
> backups. When you install V4, no changes are made to any V3 backups. If you 
> are upgrading from V3, be sure to set $Conf{PoolV3Enabled} to 1 so the old V3 
> pool is searched for matching files. 
> 
> * When you install V4, it will notice that the V3 pool exists. Running 
> configure.pl [5] should set $Conf{PoolV3Enabled} to 1 in that c

Re: [BackupPC-users] v3 to v4 oddity

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On 2017-03-21 11:15, Michael Huntley wrote:

> I performed the update without any problem using BackupPC_migrateV3toV4 to 
> create a hybrid environment.

If you do not mind, a couple of questions regarding your install. 

1. Was your BPC v3 a source (*.tar.gz) install or from an OS repo? 

2. Did you install BPC v4 the same way to overwrite the original v3
install (obviously leaving your data intact) or did you source install
BPC v4 "along side" v3 for testing? 

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[BackupPC-users] cannot "su - backuppc" after script

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I have been experimenting with the script originally submitted by Johan
Ehnberg (thank you, BTW) to build on a VM (Virtualbox). 

As BackupPC has been updated to 4.1.0 and the script (I believe) pulls
the latest from github I have rerun the script to test the newer
BackupPC version. 

With each VM (version 4.0.0 and now 4.1.0?) I am unable to access the
"su - backuppc" via commandline in order to "ssh-copy-id" keys to the
clients. Any attempt to "su - backuppc" simply returns to the 'root'
user prompt as opposed to the 'backuppc' "$" prompt. I have even backed
out of the 'root' user to the admin user and tried "sudo su - backuppc"
with the same result, a return to the admin user prompt. 

Is there a different way I am to backuppc user login to "ssh-copy-id"
with the newer BackupPC 4 version? 

Is the script not being processed properly the backuppc user account
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Re: [BackupPC-users] cannot "su - backuppc" after script

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On 2017-03-26 09:46, Les Mikesell wrote:

> On Sun, Mar 26, 2017 at 8:57 AM, Bob of Donelson Trophy
>  wrote: 
> 
>> I have been experimenting with the script originally submitted by Johan
>> Ehnberg (thank you, BTW) to build on a VM (Virtualbox).
>> 
>> As BackupPC has been updated to 4.1.0 and the script (I believe) pulls the
>> latest from github I have rerun the script to test the newer BackupPC
>> version.
>> 
>> With each VM (version 4.0.0 and now 4.1.0?) I am unable to access the "su -
>> backuppc" via commandline in order to "ssh-copy-id" keys to the clients. Any
>> attempt to "su - backuppc" simply returns to the 'root' user prompt as
>> opposed to the 'backuppc' "$" prompt. I have even backed out of the 'root'
>> user to the admin user and tried "sudo su - backuppc" with the same result,
>> a return to the admin user prompt.
>> 
>> Is there a different way I am to backuppc user login to "ssh-copy-id" with
>> the newer BackupPC 4 version?
>> 
>> Is the script not being processed properly the backuppc user account
>> creation?
> 
> The backuppc user may not have a shell set in the passwd file to
> prevent direct logins.   You can still
> "su -s /bin/bash - backuppc"   or "sudo su -s /bin/bash - backuppc"
> if that is the case.

Thanks, Les. (Also thanks, Raoul for same answer.) You were both right
on. 

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[BackupPC-users] Regarding "merges", am I correct?

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Still getting use to github and how things happen here . . . am I
correct that Johan's script is pulling "thee" latest version of BackupPC
(currently v4.1.0, I think) with all the latest "merges" applied?

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Re: [BackupPC-users] Regarding "merges", am I correct?

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See my REPLY below your original message, thank you. 

On 2017-03-26 14:43, Johan Ehnberg wrote:

> Hi Bob,
> 
> You are essentially correct. It pulls the master branch, which is the 
> latest development version. For example, as of this writing, master has 
> seven commits that are not in v4_1_0.
> 
> For releases, there are now the tarballs. Craig added notes on how to 
> use those in the script, too. If there is demand for it, I can develop 
> the script to allow easy selection for development or stable.
> 
> Best regards,
> Johan
> 
> On 03/26/2017 06:10 PM, Bob of Donelson Trophy wrote: 
> 
>> Still getting use to github and how things happen here . . . am I
>> correct that Johan's script is pulling "thee" latest version of BackupPC
>> (currently v4.1.0, I think) with all the latest "merges" applied?
>> 
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I think a script choosing between the stable and the development is a
good idea. 

Perhaps you should also consider an upgrade script? 

Myself, I have begun using stable tarball versions of software in place
of distro version packages. Some distro software versions packages lag
too far behind the releases. This ties to how quickly the package
development is advancing. In the last few months, now that Craig has
time, things have moved very quickly. If this pace keeps up, IMHO,
stable tarball is the way to go. But, that's me. 

I am thinking of installing my BackupPC boxes from source to stay
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[BackupPC-users] Ubuntu install script failed

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The script posted on the github wiki failed with the follow final lines:


.. config.status: creating lib/dummy
config.status: creating zlib/dummy
config.status: creating popt/dummy
config.status: creating shconfig
config.status: creating config.h

rsync_bpc 3.0.9.6 configuration successful

autoconf -o configure.sh
make: autoconf: Command not found
Makefile:126: recipe for target 'config.h.in' failed
make: *** [config.h.in] Error 127 

This is a test install onto a VM with most current Ubuntu 16.04LTS OS. I
have limited time at the moment and did no further research as to why
this happened. (This same VM worked fine with the older version of the
script.) 

I thought someone should know. Thoughts, anyone?

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Re: [BackupPC-users] Ubuntu install script failed

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On 2017-03-28 06:22, Bob of Donelson Trophy wrote:

> The script posted on the github wiki failed with the follow final lines: 
> 
> .. config.status: creating lib/dummy
> config.status: creating zlib/dummy
> config.status: creating popt/dummy
> config.status: creating shconfig
> config.status: creating config.h
> 
> rsync_bpc 3.0.9.6 configuration successful
> 
> autoconf -o configure.sh
> make: autoconf: Command not found
> Makefile:126: recipe for target 'config.h.in' failed
> make: *** [config.h.in] Error 127 
> 
> This is a test install onto a VM with most current Ubuntu 16.04LTS OS. I have 
> limited time at the moment and did no further research as to why this 
> happened. (This same VM worked fine with the older version of the script.) 
> 
> I thought someone should know. Thoughts, anyone?
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Replying to myself here because I just ran an old version of the script
and it presented the same error. (So, it's not the script. I think??)

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Re: [BackupPC-users] Ubuntu install script failed

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On 2017-03-28 06:42, Doug Lytle wrote:

> On 03/28/2017 07:22 AM, Bob of Donelson Trophy wrote: 
> 
>> make: autoconf: Command not found
> 
> As root:
> 
> apt-get install autoconf
> 
> Doug
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Sorry, Doug. Sent previous message (about old script version) and
overlooked your message. 

Will have time later to add "autoconf" to the installed list of script
and try later. 

(So, at this point it might be a missing piece of the script.)

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[BackupPC-users] back to ssh class, I guess

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I now have a functional VM running Ubuntu 16.04LTS and BackupPC 4.0
(from the master) source. 

I have "su - backuppc -s /bin/sh" and acquired the "$" prompt. 

Generated the keys with "ssh-keygen". 

Now when I: 

$ ssh-copy-id root at client ipaddress<<< sanitized for security
/usr/bin/ssh-copy-id: INFO: Source of key(s) to be installed:
"/var/lib/backuppc/.ssh/id_rsa.pub"
/usr/bin/ssh-copy-id: INFO: attempting to log in with the new key(s), to
filter out any that are already installed
/usr/bin/ssh-copy-id: INFO: 1 key(s) remain to be installed -- if you
are prompted now it is to install the new keys
Permission denied (publickey,password). 

I have not had a chance to search why, yet. 

This works fine with a repo install of BackupPC v3.3.1 on Ubuntu (has
been my experience) so, my guess is the repo package dependencies takes
care of what is causing this. I know that by default Ubuntu does not
allow root ssh access therefore it leads me to believe that the
"packaging" sets the ssh access rights to allow the "copy" to work. 

How is the old version (v3.3.1) getting around this by not manually
adjusting the /etc/ssh/ssh_config of each client to allow root logins? 

So, to potentially help someone else with the same problem, I pose the
question here. What do I do to correct this?

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Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC v4 for Fedora / EPEL Update

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On 2017-03-29 15:10, Richard Shaw wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 2:41 PM, Moorcroft, Mark (ARC-TS)[Analytical 
> Mechanics Associates, INC.]  wrote:
> 
>> Now that 4.1 is out is there an updated idea when the EPEL package hits for 
>> el7? I'm itching to see how much better my performance is running parallel 
>> over our 10G connection, and what saturates first. The net or the CPU.
> 
> I've got a test package running on my little Centos 7 box and it seems to be 
> running really well. I'm doing some final tweaks to the packaging, trying to 
> be really careful. If you're interested in a testing package (it may eat 
> babies, etc) then I can share it privately.  
> 
> Thanks, 
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I volunteer. I have a box waiting for me to confirm a BackupPC (on any
OS) to test. (Been working a setup out in my VM.) 

Is this an rpm package that needs to be loaded onto a CentOS 7 basic
(non-gui) server OS? 

(If it eats babies, no harm done. I still got my v3.3.1 box running.) 

I'm interested!

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Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC v4 for Fedora / EPEL Update

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On 2017-03-29 16:29, Richard Shaw wrote:

> Alright guys, I went ahead and created a COPR for BackupPC... 
> 
> https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/hobbes1069/BackupPC/ 
> 
> You just have to go in and download the repository file and copy to 
> /etc/yum.repos.d/ 
> 
> It uses the same name so a simple "yum update" should pick it up... 
> 
> It SHOULD save the new config.pl [1] to config.pl.rpmnew 
> 
> I recommend doing a diff -Nau config.pl [1] config.pl.rpmnew and saving the 
> chunks you need and reapply them to the new config.pl... If you had 
> customized rsync commands you may need to re setup them up. 
> 
> May the odds be ever in your favor! 
> 
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Thanks for this. 

First, I will admit to being a little "green" to the manner CentOS does
a few things so, I'm about to ask newbie question. 

I have fetched and located your COPR into /etc/yum.repos.d/ as
instructed. 

Ran:  # yum install BackupPC 

And get this near the end (of all the dependencies list): 

---> Package mesa-libgbm.x86_64 0:11.2.2-2.20160614.el7 will be
installed
---> Package mesa-libglapi.x86_64 0:11.2.2-2.20160614.el7 will be
installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Package: BackupPC-4.1.0-1.el7.centos.x86_64 (hobbes1069-BackupPC)
   Requires: perl(Net::FTP::RetrHandle)
Error: Package: BackupPC-4.1.0-1.el7.centos.x86_64 (hobbes1069-BackupPC)
   Requires: perl(Net::FTP::AutoReconnect)
Error: Package: BackupPC-4.1.0-1.el7.centos.x86_64 (hobbes1069-BackupPC)
   Requires: perl(XML::RSS)
Error: Package: BackupPC-4.1.0-1.el7.centos.x86_64 (hobbes1069-BackupPC)
   Requires: perl(Time::ParseDate)
Error: Package: BackupPC-4.1.0-1.el7.centos.x86_64 (hobbes1069-BackupPC)
   Requires: perl-Time-modules
Error: Package: BackupPC-4.1.0-1.el7.centos.x86_64 (hobbes1069-BackupPC)
   Requires: perl(File::RsyncP)
Error: Package: BackupPC-4.1.0-1.el7.centos.x86_64 (hobbes1069-BackupPC)
   Requires: par2cmdline
 You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
 You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest 

I also searched: 

yum search perl-Time-modules 

Loaded plugins: fastestmirror 

Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile 

* base: mirror.steadfast.net 

* extras: mirrors.cmich.edu 

* updates: mirrors.rit.edu 

Warning: No matches found for: perl-Time-modules 

No matches found 

So, I tried adding "--skip-broken" . . . . (this is new to me.) 

And the install "Skipped (dependency problems)" that included
BackupPC.X86_64 0:4.1.0-1.el7.centos BackupPC-XS.x86_64
0:0.53-1.el7.centos rsync-bpc.x86_64 0:3.0.9.6-1.el7.centos and 49 other
packages. 

Ran: "You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest" 

Still no love! 

I will be away from my VM machine for the day and will not be available
to try again until this evening (it's early morning here, now.) 

I have been using linux since 2002. I'm a Debian/Ubuntu guy. Sorry, I am
not that familiar with some of the CentOS rudimentary things a typical
Cent user might already know. 

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Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC v4 for Fedora / EPEL Update

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On 2017-03-30 07:19, Richard Shaw wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 7:02 AM, Bob of Donelson Trophy 
>  wrote:
> 
>>>>> snipped for brevity <<<<<
> 
> Oops, I need to add to the instruction, you'll definitely need to have the 
> Fedora EPEL repo installed as well...  
> 
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL 
> 
> I could add it as a dependency but I don't like automatically installing 
> repos... 
> 
> Thanks, 
> Richard

Just a note. I had checked that I had enabled EPEL but, that would have
been the CentOS EPEL. 

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Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC v4 for Fedora / EPEL Update

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On 2017-03-30 11:52, Les Mikesell wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 8:45 AM, Bob of Donelson Trophy
>  wrote: 
> 
>>>>>> snipped <<<<<
> 
> Isn't it all the same?   EPEL is semi-official for Centos in that that
> you can install EPEL by running
> yum --enablerepo=extras install epel-release.That is, the release
> package that installs the EPEL repo is available in the Centos extras
> repo which is part of the distribution.

Les, I am very much a novice when it cons to CentOS but I tried to
install the "EPEL-release" and yum said there was nothing to do (or
something along that line.) I took it that EPEL repo was already
available. (VM at home, I'm at work.)

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Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC v4 for Fedora / EPEL Update

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On 2017-03-30 07:19, Richard Shaw wrote:

> snipped for brevity <

As the first attempt failed, the second went just fine. 

EPEL repo installed. 

Grabbed COPR and placed into /etc/yum.repos.d/ directory. 

Ran "yum update" and then "yum install backuppc" 

Just not sure what to do the start BackupPC running. The mentioned
"configure.pl" do not retrieve anything, links to a foreign (to me)
language page. 

I envisioned install and then go to http://ipaddress/BackupPC_Admin but,
during installation I was never asked to create a web access password. 

"Systemctl status backuppc" reports: 

systemctl status backuppc
● backuppc.service - BackupPC server
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/backuppc.service; disabled;
vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: inactive (dead) 

What's next?

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Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC v4 for Fedora / EPEL Update

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On 2017-03-30 18:37, Richard Shaw wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 6:24 PM, Bob of Donelson Trophy 
>  wrote:
> 
>> 
> 
> No, you don't need to worry about configure.pl [2] when you're doing a 
> package based install, it's already taken care of... 
> 
>> I envisioned install and then go to http://ipaddress/BackupPC_Admin [1] but, 
>> during installation I was never asked to create a web access password.
> 
> RPM based installations are never interactive like deb packages. I may rename 
> it but if you look in /usr/share/doc/BackupPC-4.1.0/README.fedora it shows 
> you how to setup the password access for apache.  
> 
>> "Systemctl status backuppc" reports: 
>> 
>> systemctl status backuppc
>> ● backuppc.service - BackupPC server
>> Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/backuppc.service; disabled; vendor 
>> preset: disabled)
>> Active: inactive (dead) 
>> 
>> What's next?
> 
> It's assumed that if you're setting up a serious backup server that you know 
> the basics of setting up and starting services for your distro. The short 
> version is: 
> 
> (as root after the above is complete) 
> # systemctl enable backuppc 
> # systemctl start backuppc 
> 
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Thank you for that clarity, Richard. 

The slight differences is how a user does this or that between the two
distros (CentOS and Debian/Ubuntu) elude me at times. For give my
ignorance, I have not used CentOS much over the years. 

The "systemctl status" for both "backuppc" and "httpd" show them both
"active (running)" but "http://ipaddress/BackupPC/"; still yields "Unable
to Connect" on the webpage. 

Checked "firewalld" and added http access. 

Now, "http://ipaddress/BackupPC/"; yields "Forbidden You don't have
permission to access /BackupPC/ on this server." 

Following the README.fedora I set backuppc user for web access but I am
guessing this, once again, is the different between the two distros and
I do not remember what to do? Is it permission issues between BackupPC
and Apache? Or is it user permissions? 

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[BackupPC-users] Fwd: Re: BackupPC v4 for Fedora / EPEL Update

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My apologies to Richard. 

I had sent this email directly to him rather than the list (so everyone
can learn, too.) 

My bad, "reply" instead of "reply all". 

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SUBJECT:
Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC v4 for Fedora / EPEL Update

DATE:
2017-04-01 18:40

FROM:
    Bob of Donelson Trophy 

TO:
Richard Shaw 

REPLY-TO:
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On 2017-03-31 18:58, Richard Shaw wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 4:34 PM, Bob of Donelson Trophy 
>  wrote:
> 
>> I have modified the /etc/httpd/conf.d/BackupPC.conf as you suggested but, 
>> for my subnet. 
>> 
>> I did get BackupPC to ask for my web user name and password once but, now I 
>> am getting "Forbidden" and no login prompt (box.)
> 
> Try a different browser? Did it try to remember the password? 
> 
>> When I "cat" the /etc/BackupPC/apache.users file I see the only user listed 
>> is "backuppc:longstringoflettersandnumbers/" so I am assuming that the web 
>> user is "backuppc" correct?
> 
> Yes, it's the user you created with the hash of the password.  
> 
>> And "backuppc" should use the webpassword I created with "htpasswd -c 
>> /etc/BackupPC/apache.users backuppc". (I know updating passwd I remove the 
>> "-c" from the command.) 
>> 
>> Scratching my head (which is actually fingernails digging into scalp . . all 
>> the hair is gone.)
> 
> Not sure at this point, I just updated the COPR to 4.1.1 and fixed a few more 
> things (the documentation link works now) and no issues for me... 
> 
> Thanks, 
> RIchard

I have updated to your latest COPR and v4.1.1. Thank you for that. 

I have been researching signing into the web gui. Even before I upgraded
to v4.1.1 I was having resistance to signing in with the backuppc user
with the htpasswd I have set up. 

I mentioned in a previous email that the backuppc user appears in the
/etc/BackupPC/apache.users file, as it should. But, When I sign into the
[ipaddress]/BackupPC it gives an "Internal Server Error". If I modify
the /etc/httpd/conf.d/BackupPC.conf file and add "Require all granted"
and comment out the "Require valid-user" I can access the gui however, I
cannot do much of anything. Understandable as BackupPC does not "know"
the user I am accessing it with. When I invert this back to the correct
configuration I am NOT presented with a user login but rather the
"Internal Server Error". 

What file permissions rights should the /etc/Backup[PC/apache.users file
have? 

 [root@localhost ~]# ls -alh /etc/BackupPC/
total 192K
drwxr-x---.  2 backuppc backuppc  112 Apr  1 06:55 .
drwxr-xr-x. 80 root root 8.0K Apr  1 07:42 ..
-rw-r--r--.  1 root root   47 Apr  1 18:14 apache.users
-rw-r--r--.  1 backuppc backuppc  83K Mar 31 13:22 config.pl
-rw-r--r--.  1 backuppc backuppc  83K Mar 31 13:22 config.pl.sample
-rw-r--r--.  1 backuppc backuppc 2.2K Mar 31 13:22 hosts
-rw-r--r--.  1 backuppc backuppc 2.2K Mar 31 13:22 hosts.sample
-rw-r-.  1 backuppc backuppc0 Apr  1 17:53 LOCK 

Does your /etc/BackupPC/ directory have these rights? 

I am not sure I am looking in the correct place but, I think I am
dealing with a permissions issue. 

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Re: [BackupPC-users] Fwd: Re: BackupPC v4 for Fedora / EPEL Update

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On 2017-04-03 05:17, Richard Shaw wrote:

> It should not be necessary to run apache as the backuppc user. When I have 
> some time I may have to setup a CentOS 7 box up from scratch. I'm not sure at 
> this point what I've tweaked but I'm not having the same problem. 
> 
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To Adam, 

I checked the apache error_log and found "(13)Permission denied: [client
192.168.242.29:43348] AH01620: Could not open password file:
/etc/BackupPC/apache.users". Hum-m-m-m?? 

To Tim, 

I changed the user and group to "backuppc" and noticed this. The first
login asked for the user and password. The second and every logion after
that automatically logged in, no request for user and password. Odd . .
. so I reset the user and group back to apache. 

I also noticed that when I modify the /etc/httpd/conf.d/BackupPC.conf to
allow "Require all granted" it always logs in with asking for user and
password. 

The last thing I noticed is in both cases the navigation menu (on the
left side under "SERVER") contains only five entries. Status, Host
Summary, Documentation, Wiki, Github are listed entries. Compared to my
v3 box, missing are Edit Config, Edit Hosts, Admin Options, LOG File,
Old LOGs, Email Summary, Current Queues, and Sourceforge (which I think
is only there because it's v3.) 

This leads me to believe apache is "seeing" the incorrect permissions
for the backuppc user, for that matter, any user and is not allowing
admin access. Therefore it comes back to a permissions issue. 

Perhaps this info will help Richard or anyone else to guide me to an
operational v4?

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Re: [BackupPC-users] Fwd: Re: BackupPC v4 for Fedora / EPEL Update

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On 2017-04-03 07:06, Adam Goryachev wrote:

> Perfect, there is your "smoking gun".
> So, do the following:
> ps aux|grep apache
> See what user apache is running as (you also need the group, probably just 
> get that from the apache config files).
> 
> Now do the following commands:
> ls -ld /etc/BackupPC
> ls -ld /etc/BackupPC/apache.users
> 
> Lets assume apache is running with the user apache
> Lets assume the /etc/BackupPC directory is owned by backuppc, and is secured 
> so that it is not world readable (a pretty good idea since it is likely to 
> contain passwords in the various config files).
> Lets assume the /etc/BackupPC/apache.users file is owned by backuppc as well.
> 
> You would need to do the following commands to "fix" it (ie, allow apache to 
> read the passwd file).
> chgrp apache /etc/BackupPC
> chmod g+rx /etc/BackupPC (edit config probably won't work, but it should fix 
> your current problem).
> 
> You might also need the following:
> chgrp apache /etc/BackupPC/apache.users
> chmod g+r /etc/BackupPC/apache.users
> 
> The other option is to simply do this:
> mv /etc/BackupPC/apache.users /etc/apache2/backuppc.users
> chown apache /etc/apache2/backuppc.users
> Update the apache config file to point to the new location.
> 
> Then, restart apache and you should be fine.
> 
> Regards,
> Adam
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These made sense and I ran your suggestions. The first login attempt and
I received the appropriate login box, entered user name and passwd but
still only five (5) entires in navigation menu. Logoff, close browser
tab, start new tab, enter backuppc ipaddress and just login, no request
for user name or passwd. 

Thanks for your suggestions, Adam. These match (in the CentOS way) to
what I was seeing on Ubuntu running v3.3.1. I still think it is a
permissions issue. 

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Re: [BackupPC-users] Fwd: Re: BackupPC v4 for Fedora / EPEL Update

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On 2017-04-03 07:29, Richard Shaw wrote:

> I think I figured it out...  
> 
> I'm not sure if I should automate this in the packaging or not but you just 
> need to add apache to the backuppc group... 
> 
> usermod -a -G backuppc apache 
> 
> You may have to reboot for it to take effect since you can't "login" as 
> apache... 
> 
> Thanks, 
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Did as suggested. Can login, still missing many menu entries. (See one
of my other emails. Missing 7 or 8 entries compared to v3.3.1 version.)

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Re: [BackupPC-users] New BackupPC 4 install & --acls option

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On 2017-04-18 04:43, Nicola Ferrari (#554252) wrote:

> Il 18/04/2017 06:30, Craig Barratt ha scritto: 
> 
>> Nicola,
>> 
>> acls and xattrs need protocol version >= 30.  What's the version and
>> protocol of your remote (client) rsync?  Eg,
>> 
>> client% rsync --version
>> rsync  version 3.1.2  protocol version 31
>> 
>> Craig
> 
> Thanks Craig for your response!
> Here's what I get issuing rsync --version at client side:
> 
> root@patrick:/# rsync --version
> rsync  version 3.1.1  protocol version 31
> Copyright (C) 1996-2014 by Andrew Tridgell, Wayne Davison, and others.
> Web site: http://rsync.samba.org/
> Capabilities:
> 64-bit files, 64-bit inums, 64-bit timestamps, 64-bit long ints,
> socketpairs, hardlinks, symlinks, IPv6, batchfiles, inplace,
> append, ACLs, xattrs, iconv, symtimes, prealloc
> 
> So protocol is version 31 and acl seems to be already in the rsync
> capabilities.
> 
> That's why it was sounding me quite strange!
> 
> Any suggestion!
> Thanks again!
> 
> Nicola
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Been following your thread as I have a keen interest in backing up ACL
and xattr. 

Perhaps I missed something . . . what is being said here is that with
version31 ACL and xattr are on by defaults? Or, do they (ACL and xattr)
still need to be added via 'RsyncArgsExtra'?

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[BackupPC-users] acls and xattrs attributes

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Over two years ago I discovered that BackupPC v3 will not backup acl and
xattr file attributes. At that time, it was suggested to try v4 (had
just been released as beta(?), I think) and I did get an OS to run v4.0.
It (v4.0) backups failed when "acls" and "xattrs" RsyncArgsExtra where
activated. So, I worked out a simple alternative for the time being with
rsync.

 Now, let me explain my need. I have a Samba4 active directory setup
with one machine acting as a member server that carries the redirected
files from all the W workstations. This active directory requires the
use of acls and xattrs file attributes.

 Enter BackupPC v4.1.2 (now.) I have created a test rig to test bpc4 and
it is backing up the active directory setup. Both domain controllers
(these machines do NOT incorporate the use of "acls" and "xattrs"
attributes) backup just fine. The member server (a file server), on the
other hand, has acls and xattrs attributes activated on the /home
directory but, will not backup the /home directory. All other
directories are being backed up from the member server.

 When I set "RsyncArgsExtra" to include "acls" and "xattrs" the machine
backups up but the /home backup is empty. I have disabled one, then the
other and finally both to see if BackupPC will backup the /home in any
fashion, the /home directory remains empty. 

 A brief explanation of "acls" and "xattrs" settings on a member server.
Only directories under /home have had any adjustments to these file
attributes by the domain administrators. User files with in the
subdirectories are adjusted to meet the needs of users on the
workstations.

 Therefore, it is my belief that this is the reason BackupPC v4.1.2 will
not back up anything under the /home directory.

 I have checked Rsync backups and they include these file attribute
settings. So my question (finally) is this, if Rsync (on Ubuntu 16.04LTS
uses Rsync 3.1.1-3ubuntu1) works with "acls" and "xattrs", why doesn't
Rsync_bpc?

(Sorry for the lengthy explanation.)

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