Re: [BackupPC-users] In-Use Files

2008-07-09 Thread dan
WindowsXP can do shadow copies but it does not have the powershell or whatever the heck it is called and so the tools are not there by default. On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 11:08 AM, Les Mikesell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Paul Mantz wrote: > > > > The BackupPCd agent that's mentioned in the limitati

Re: [BackupPC-users] Recommended transfer method for remote backups of win machines

2008-07-09 Thread dan
for remote windows hosts, you are probably best advised to either use just rsync via cygwin or deltacopy, or tunnel that over cygwins ssh or a seperate VPN connection. for a remote backuppc server, what would you mirror back to? it wouldn't make much sense to mirror back to the 'primary' backuppc

Re: [BackupPC-users] Prepare for the worst, Howto backup the backuppc-server

2008-07-09 Thread dan
add a third member drive to your software raid so you have a 3 device raid1. setup a script for when you hotplug the drive to automatically add it to the raid1 and another script to disconnect it from the raid(by serial number or UUID or something unique to each disk). you can access the disk on

[BackupPC-users] Prepare for the worst, Howto backup the backuppc-server

2008-07-09 Thread Kurt Tunkko
Hi, we have two servers in two offices that are running backuppc. Since I have setup a (Soft-)RAID1 (mirroring) the server should be fine if one of its disk dies. Now I would like to make sure that if in case of fire or I still have a backup of the server on an external harddrive that is lock

[BackupPC-users] plugin check_backuppc

2008-07-09 Thread nadia kheffache
hi, I'm testing Nagios 3.0.3 to monitor service backuppc, but i have warning whith (null) information, i think nagios cant read backuppc information, I followed the this procedure: of Knaupp, Thomas http://n-backuppc.sourceforge.net someone has already succeeded? Regards Nadia

Re: [BackupPC-users] Recommended transfer method for remote backups of win machines

2008-07-09 Thread Les Mikesell
dnk wrote: > > Well I am thinking of a dedicated OpenVPN connection between my lan > and my data center. > > How do people find the backup times over an encrypted channel like that? If you the same encryption method, iti will at least match ssh. Anyway, once you have the initial copy, rsync

Re: [BackupPC-users] Recommended transfer method for remote backups of win machines

2008-07-09 Thread dnk
On 9-Jul-08, at 11:47 AM, Les Mikesell wrote: > The nicest alternative is to set up a VPN connection that tunnels/ > routes > between the office and remote subnets so everything works the same > as a > local connection. If you can't arrange that, you can set up openvpn > connections to each b

Re: [BackupPC-users] Recommended transfer method for remote backups of win machines

2008-07-09 Thread Les Mikesell
Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote: > On 07/09 11:26 , dnk wrote: >> What I plan to do is have a system running backupPC in a remote data >> center. Now for my linux clients/servers, it is a no brainer to use >> rsync over SSH, but I was curious what the recommended method would be >> to backup (s

Re: [BackupPC-users] Recommended transfer method for remote backups of win machines

2008-07-09 Thread Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom
On 07/09 11:26 , dnk wrote: > What I plan to do is have a system running backupPC in a remote data > center. Now for my linux clients/servers, it is a no brainer to use > rsync over SSH, but I was curious what the recommended method would be > to backup (securely) our windows desktops (in the

[BackupPC-users] Recommended transfer method for remote backups of win machines

2008-07-09 Thread dnk
Hi there, I am pretty much BRAND new to backuppc (in fact I have not even installed yet). I am currently reading the docs, wiki and so on. What I plan to do is have a system running backupPC in a remote data center. Now for my linux clients/servers, it is a no brainer to use rsync over SSH,

Re: [BackupPC-users] In-Use Files

2008-07-09 Thread Les Mikesell
Paul Mantz wrote: > > The BackupPCd agent that's mentioned in the limitations page hasn't been > actively developed for a while, and is incomplete. Currently, BackupPC > runs with clientless configuration with no support for Volume Shadow > Services. Adding an interface to another program wou

Re: [BackupPC-users] Quotas whith BackupPC

2008-07-09 Thread dan
1)Encrypted disk. The only reason to encrypt the backup volume is so that the files cannot be access if a drive is pulled or if someone tries to backdoor linux security by booting a livecd or something. Once the system is running, the excryption is already bypassed. 2)rsync has no ability to encr

Re: [BackupPC-users] Quotas whith BackupPC

2008-07-09 Thread Daniel Berteaud
If someone has access to your backup box, having password is useless because he can directly access the backed up files. Le mercredi 09 juillet 2008 à 10:29 +, nadia kheffache a écrit : > hi Paul, > > I agree with you, but I think this is not prudent to have the > passwords to clear stored in

Re: [BackupPC-users] Quotas whith BackupPC

2008-07-09 Thread nadia kheffache
hi Paul, I agree with you, but I think this is not prudent to have the passwords to clear stored in a file. But if we are ever attacked from the outside? I think the passwords in / etc / shadow / are not clear even to root? we trust our users, the administrator, so everything must be allowed to

Re: [BackupPC-users] Quotas whith BackupPC

2008-07-09 Thread Paul Mantz
Hello Nadia, A cursory glance of the /etc/BackupPC/pc directory reveals that the permissions for per-server config files are 640. this means that only processes running under the backuppc umbrella of users can access those passwords. In essence, if you trust the BackupPC web frontend, and if you

Re: [BackupPC-users] Quotas whith BackupPC

2008-07-09 Thread nadia kheffache
Hi Dan, for security, how to encrypt the backup on the server, i use the rsyncd to backup,because its verry simple to install, and it used only in the network, but i found the rsyncdsharpasswd in the config fil, Rsyncd cant encrypt the data, but only authentification with MD4 128 bit (only cha