Re: [BackupPC-users] why are full backups needed with BackupPC?

2006-03-27 Thread Laurent Mazet
On Sun, 26 Mar 2006 15:09:06 -0800 Craig Barratt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Laurent Mazet writes: > > > To summarize, for a Windows host: > > > > - rsync over ssh doesn't work. > > Yes, but I haven't tested it recently. Unfortunately, I've tried last week with copSSH 1.3.9 and cwRsync 2.0.6

[BackupPC-users] can't do backups (of Windows shares with problematic permissions)

2006-03-27 Thread Tomasz Chmielewski
I can't do a backup of a Windows share (accessed via smb method), which contains files that are denied for the user which connects. Whenever backuppc approaches a directory it can't access, it breaks the backup (and starts from the beginning on a next full hour, approaching the same file/dir,

Re: [BackupPC-users] error checking on DumpPreUserCmd

2006-03-27 Thread Craig Barratt
Matthias Bertschy writes: > We are using Backuppc as our main backup solution for a dozen servers. > One of our servers has a Perforce server, so we need to checkpoint its > database before backing up (it could also be a mysqldump). > > Some days ago, we detected a problem on the server preventi

Re: [BackupPC-users] can't do backups (of Windows shares with problematic permissions)

2006-03-27 Thread Craig Barratt
Tomasz Chmielewski writes: > I can't do a backup of a Windows share (accessed via smb method), which > contains files that are denied for the user which connects. > > Whenever backuppc approaches a directory it can't access, it breaks the > backup (and starts from the beginning on a next full h

[BackupPC-users] Read EOF - Tried again: got 0 bytes

2006-03-27 Thread Stephen Vaughan
I keep getting these errors with random files. I am trying to backup a server that has in excess of 1,000,000 files. The box has 2gigs of ram. It just seems to crash on random files, doesn't matter whether they are .html, pdf or whatever.. I've increased the timeout in the config.pl - that did noth

[BackupPC-users] Easy SuSE 10.0 Installation (using mod_suexec)

2006-03-27 Thread Peter Gumeson
Hello, This is a simplified, step-by-step guide for installing BackupPC, and configuring the correct userIDs and permissions necessary to run the BackupPC CGI admin tool on SuSE Linux 10.0 with Apache2. One other significant topic covered is the use of mod_suexec and virtual hosts in place of usin

Re: [BackupPC-users] why are full backups needed with BackupPC?

2006-03-27 Thread Dan Pritts
On Mon, Mar 27, 2006 at 12:52:31AM +0200, Laurent Mazet wrote: > To summarize, for a Windows host: > - rsync over ssh doesn't work. > - rsyncd transfers only diff but you need to connect with a clear password. You might be able to run rsyncd transfers over an ssh tunnel. I don't know if there ar

Re: [BackupPC-users] why are full backups needed with BackupPC?

2006-03-27 Thread Trey Nolen
Rsyncd over ssh work on windows...rsync will still not act like a server under cygwin. Trey - Original Message - From: "Dan Pritts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Laurent Mazet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 10:02 PM Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] why are full backups

[BackupPC-users] restarting BackupPC_link

2006-03-27 Thread Steve Willoughby
Can I assume that if BackupPC_link gets interrupted (say, by a system reboot), that re-running it will continue linking the backup files into the pool from where it left off, and not start over or get confused? Is there any special procedure for doing this correctly (or do I just let the automatic

Re: [BackupPC-users] restarting BackupPC_link

2006-03-27 Thread Craig Barratt
Steve Willoughby writes: > Can I assume that if BackupPC_link gets interrupted (say, by a system > reboot), that re-running it will continue linking the backup files into > the pool from where it left off, and not start over or get confused? > > Is there any special procedure for doing this corre

Re: [BackupPC-users] backupPC nightly backups spilling into the day...

2006-03-27 Thread Craig Barratt
"Khaled Hussain" writes: > 1. How can I clear all pending backups other than by going into each >host being backed up and stopping it? The only other way is to kill BackupPC. Not very graceful... > 2. At every wakeup, does backupPC reload the per-pc configs? Or do I >need to restart bac