Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC install on Windows

2006-06-01 Thread Craig Barratt
Les Mikesell writes: > On Thu, 2006-06-01 at 13:27 +0100, Víctor A. Rodríguez wrote: > > > have anyone tried to install BackupPC on a Widows box ? > > I mean nothing is said about it in the docs, nothing found in devel or user > > archives, so I tried ... I tried and failed !!! > > The real kill

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC on a non-24x7 server

2006-06-01 Thread Craig Barratt
Wolfgang Karall writes: > I'm happily using BackupPC both in some companies and also at home. And > while all installations work perfectly (rsync-compatibility issues > aside, but that's not BackupPC's fault), I have a question about my home > installation. > > That server is not running all the

Re: [BackupPC-users] segmentation fault using rsyncd

2006-06-01 Thread nilesh vaghela
There is some problem with backup of special file and dir like /dev and /proc , /tmp etc. Please search the list you will get the idea. Thanx. NileshOn 6/1/06, Bowie Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: nilesh vaghela wrote:> Try to exlude the file which u think the backup is stuck up.>> Use --excl

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help .....

2006-06-01 Thread Les Mikesell
On Thu, 2006-06-01 at 07:41, Regis Gras wrote: > BackupPC crahes. > > I try to restart with /etc/init.d/backuppc restart > > The response is: > /etc/rc.d/init.d/backuppc restart > Shutting down BackupPC:[ OK ] > Starting BackupPC: couldn't do /sisley/backupP

Re: [BackupPC-users] fileListReceive fails for special files usin g rsyncd

2006-06-01 Thread Bowie Bailey
Jacob S wrote: > Bowie Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Gwenn Boussard wrote: > > > Bowie Bailey wrote: > > > > I am trying to back up a linux server using BackupPC and rsyncd. > > > > [...] > > > > srw---1 root nobody 0 Sep 12 2003 > > > > /tmp/.fam5niafV > > > > > > D

[BackupPC-users] Help .....

2006-06-01 Thread Regis Gras
BackupPC crahes. I try to restart with /etc/init.d/backuppc restart The response is: /etc/rc.d/init.d/backuppc restart Shutting down BackupPC:[ OK ] Starting BackupPC: couldn't do /sisley/backupPC/data/log/status.pl: at /sisley/backupPC/bin/BackupPC line 1

Re: [BackupPC-users] segmentation fault using rsyncd

2006-06-01 Thread nilesh vaghela
Try to exlude the file which u think the backup is stuck up. Use --exclude option of rsync. I hope this will help you. NileshOn 6/1/06, Bowie Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Bowie Bailey wrote:> I am having problems getting BackupPC to connect to a Linux box using> rsync.  When I run BackupPC_

Re: [BackupPC-users] Installation on SuSE Linux

2006-06-01 Thread misterpistolpete
Mattia, A while back I documented the steps needed to install Backuppc on SuSE 10. The installation goes very well if you use some of the packages included in the SuSE distribution. See the following URL: http://www.moderndoorbells.com/backuppc I have suggested this document be included somewhe

Re: [BackupPC-users] fileListReceive fails for special files using rsyncd

2006-06-01 Thread Jacob S
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 1 Jun 2006 11:48:18 -0400 Bowie Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gwenn Boussard wrote: > > Bowie Bailey wrote: > > > I am trying to back up a linux server using BackupPC and rsyncd. > > > [...] > > > srw---1 root nobody

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC install on Windows

2006-06-01 Thread Víctor A. Rodríguez
Hi Les, thanks for your reply. > On Thu, 2006-06-01 at 13:27 +0100, Ví­ctor A. Rodrí­guez wrote: > > > have anyone tried to install BackupPC on a Widows box ? > > I mean nothing is said about it in the docs, nothing found in devel or user > > archives, so I tried ... I tried and failed !!! > > Th

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC install on Windows

2006-06-01 Thread Les Mikesell
On Thu, 2006-06-01 at 13:27 +0100, Víctor A. Rodríguez wrote: > have anyone tried to install BackupPC on a Widows box ? > I mean nothing is said about it in the docs, nothing found in devel or user > archives, so I tried ... I tried and failed !!! The real killer is that the pooled files need har

[BackupPC-users] BackupPC install on Windows

2006-06-01 Thread Víctor A. Rodríguez
Hi all, have anyone tried to install BackupPC on a Widows box ? I mean nothing is said about it in the docs, nothing found in devel or user archives, so I tried ... I tried and failed !!! So far, I've found the next problems : - no support from configure.pl : expects '/' at the beginning for abs

Re: [BackupPC-users] fileListReceive fails for special files usin g rsyncd

2006-06-01 Thread Bowie Bailey
Gwenn Boussard wrote: > Bowie Bailey wrote: > > I am trying to back up a linux server using BackupPC and rsyncd. > > [...] > > srw---1 root nobody 0 Sep 12 2003 > > /tmp/.fam5niafV > > Do you really need to backup /tmp ? > /home and /etc are sufficient most of the time, no

Re: [BackupPC-users] fileListReceive fails for special files usin g rsyncd

2006-06-01 Thread Gwenn Boussard
Bowie Bailey wrote: > Gwenn Boussard wrote: >>Bowie Bailey wrote: >>>I am trying to back up a linux server using BackupPC and rsyncd. >> > [...] >>>srw---1 root nobody 0 Sep 12 2003 >>>/tmp/.fam5niafV >>Do you really need to backup /tmp ? >>/home and /etc are sufficient most

[BackupPC-users] fileListReceive fails for special files using rsyncd

2006-06-01 Thread Bowie Bailey
I am trying to back up a linux server using BackupPC and rsyncd. The problem is, every time it hits a socket file or fifo file, the fileListReceive fails. This is the output I see from BackupPC_dump: -- overflow: flags=0x72 l1=98 l2=1915581545,

Re: [BackupPC-users] segmentation fault using rsyncd

2006-06-01 Thread Bowie Bailey
nilesh vaghela wrote: > Try to exlude the file which u think the backup is stuck up. > > Use --exclude option of rsync. > > I hope this will help you. Good thought. That gets me a bit farther. I excluded '/dev', and it continued, but now it is stopping with a different error on every special f

[BackupPC-users] BackupPC on a non-24x7 server

2006-06-01 Thread Wolfgang Karall
Hello, I'm happily using BackupPC both in some companies and also at home. And while all installations work perfectly (rsync-compatibility issues aside, but that's not BackupPC's fault), I have a question about my home installation. That server is not running all the time, most of the days it's s

Re: [BackupPC-users] Can't open /var/lib/backuppc/pc... for empty output

2006-06-01 Thread Ralf Gross
Ralf Gross said: > since last weekend I have a problem with the rsync backup of one of our > server. I'm not sure if this is related to an update of the Solaris rsyncd > (sunfreeware 2.6.6->2.6.8) last Friday. This is definitely a problem with the 2.6.8 (sunfreeware) rsync. I switched back to 2.6