[BackupPC-users] Is is possible to calculate space used from the log files

2007-01-07 Thread Ski Kacoroski
Hi, I would like to know the disk used by each host on the server. I can do this via a du, but am wondering if it would be possible to go through the XferLOGs to figure this out. I took a crack at it and am not matching up with the number calculated via du. What I did was create a hash of e

Re: [BackupPC-users] OS X

2007-01-07 Thread Ski Kacoroski
We use xtar at my site and it works great for OSX 10.2.9 and newer (resource forks saved ok). cheers, ski Randy Barlow wrote: > I just got a shiny old G3 and would like to add it to my Backup PC > pool. However, I'm not sure what would be the best protocol to use for > the backup. I've been t

[BackupPC-users] Home directory skipped in backup

2007-01-07 Thread MR
I'm not sure why my home directory is being skipped in my full and incremental backups. I'm running rsyncd latest version. All other directories seem to be complete. I'm not technical enough to decipher the log entries below. Any suggestions?> attribSet(dir=fhome, file=mrd) create d 750 50

Re: [BackupPC-users] Securing backuppc

2007-01-07 Thread Bradley Alexander
- Randy Barlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would personally recommend using rsyncd rather than rsync over ssh to avoid > this issue (rsyncd uses its own authentication system, and can be run > in a chrooted environment). Also, be aware that rsyncd does not encrypt > the traffic over the

Re: [BackupPC-users] Securing backuppc

2007-01-07 Thread Randy Barlow
On Sunday 07 January 2007 10:53, Bradley Alexander wrote: > With the default installation method, you are supposed to create an ssh key > for root on each of the client machines, and one for the backuppc user on > the server. Unfortunately, the ideal way to create the key would be to use > a passwo

[BackupPC-users] Securing backuppc

2007-01-07 Thread Bradley Alexander
Hi, I'm trying to figure out a way to secure my backuppc installation. I'm running it on a Debian box. The server and most of the clients are running Debian/unstable, with one running Debian/testing and I will probably convert my laptop from Debian/unstable to Ubuntu. With the default installa