Re: [BackupPC-users] False Xfer Errors for tar share

2005-11-10 Thread Paul Fox
> > I'm using the tar method for backups with the default tar command in the > config file. For each incremental backup, every file that has not > changed is reported as being an Xfer error. Is this the intended > behaviour? I'm getting ~ 25 Xfer errors per share because of this. what

[BackupPC-users] mkdir (Child exited prematurely)

2005-11-10 Thread ferdinand
Hello, I am backing up a WindowsXP system and get always 2005-11-09 21:32:50 10.0.1.100: mkdir /var/lib/backuppc/pc/10.0.1.100/new//fC$/fBOOTWIZ: File exists at /usr/share/backuppc/lib/BackupPC/Xfer/RsyncFileIO.pm line 537 2005-11-09 21:32:56 Backup failed on 10.0.1.100 (Child exited premature

[BackupPC-users] False Xfer Errors for tar share

2005-11-10 Thread Andrew Grieve
I'm using the tar method for backups with the default tar command in the config file. For each incremental backup, every file that has not changed is reported as being an Xfer error. Is this the intended behaviour? I'm getting ~ 25 Xfer errors per share because of this. eg output) Running

Re: [BackupPC-users] antivirus on backuppc

2005-11-10 Thread Trey Nolen
the files are stored in a compressed (not strictly gzip) format; which is probably throwing the scanner off. you could always try storing the files uncompressed, by specifying the following option: $Conf{CompressLevel} = 0; try that on the host in question, and see if your virus scanner detects

Re: [BackupPC-users] antivirus on backuppc

2005-11-10 Thread Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom
On 11/10 05:46 , Trey Nolen wrote: > I was thinking about scanning my backups with ClamAV. I figured I might > spot viruses on the backups and then I can go attend to them on the machines > themselves - just an added layer of protection. However, I was doing some > testing, and I backed up a h

[BackupPC-users] antivirus on backuppc

2005-11-10 Thread Trey Nolen
I was thinking about scanning my backups with ClamAV. I figured I might spot viruses on the backups and then I can go attend to them on the machines themselves - just an added layer of protection. However, I was doing some testing, and I backed up a host with the test virus EICAR.COM on it. W