Re: [BackupPC-users] how to exclude hiddent files ?

2010-03-30 Thread Johan Cwiklinski
Le 30/03/2010 22:55, Rémi Boulle a écrit : > Hi, > > I would like to backup only the /home/remi and not all the hidden files > (especially .local/.../Trash) > > Here is my host.pl file : > > $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = { >'/home/remi/.*' => [], >'.*' => [] > }; > $Conf{RsyncShareName} = [

Re: [BackupPC-users] Communicating with a windows laptop on my workgroup

2010-03-30 Thread Les Mikesell
On 3/30/2010 3:17 PM, David Williams wrote: > Anyone got any ideas as to why this isn't working and the web interface > complains? No, I would have guessed it was a firewall, but if nmblookup -A works from the command line that must not be it. Can you do a backup if you set the dhcp flag to 0 a

[BackupPC-users] how to exclude hiddent files ?

2010-03-30 Thread Rémi Boulle
Hi, I would like to backup only the /home/remi and not all the hidden files (especially .local/.../Trash) Here is my host.pl file : $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = { '/home/remi/.*' => [], '.*' => [] }; $Conf{RsyncShareName} = [ '/home/remi' ]; and the main config.pl states : $Conf{Backu

Re: [BackupPC-users] Communicating with a windows laptop on my workgroup

2010-03-30 Thread David Williams
Anyone got any ideas as to why this isn't working and the web interface complains? ___ Dave Williams Check out our WebOS mobile phone app for the Palm Pre and Pixi: Golf Caddie | Golf Caddie Forum by DTW-Consulting, Inc. > -Original Mes

Re: [BackupPC-users] Anyone get rsyncd to work on Windows Server 2008

2010-03-30 Thread John BORIS
Thanks I verified it is running but there must be some other reason that the connection is being refused. I turned off the firewall just to see if that was causing it but I still get Inet connection refused. Has to be something else on the system that is blocking the port. John J. Boris, Sr. JEN-A

Re: [BackupPC-users] Anyone get rsyncd to work on Windows Server 2008

2010-03-30 Thread Nicholas Hadaway
DeltaCopy FTW! http://www.aboutmyip.com/AboutMyXApp/DeltaCopy.jsp On 3/30/2010 2:35 PM, John BORIS wrote: > I have BackupPC working just fine on my Xp Workstations and Windows > Server 2003 boxes using rsyncd. cygwin-rsyncd-2.6.8_0: Rsyncd for > Cygwin > > When I try to setup rsyncd on my Window

[BackupPC-users] Anyone get rsyncd to work on Windows Server 2008

2010-03-30 Thread John BORIS
I have BackupPC working just fine on my Xp Workstations and Windows Server 2003 boxes using rsyncd. cygwin-rsyncd-2.6.8_0: Rsyncd for Cygwin When I try to setup rsyncd on my Windows Server 2008 box it looks like rsyncd although it installed as a service and looks like it started it doesn't seem t

Re: [BackupPC-users] Alternative way to check if Host is alive -- can't use Ping

2010-03-30 Thread John BORIS
Thanks. I will try that as my last resort. Thanks to all that sent their suggestions. httping looks like it might get me around it But thanks again to all for the quick reponses. John J. Boris, Sr. JEN-A-SyS Administrator Archdiocese of Philadelphia "Remember! That light at the end of the tunnel J

Re: [BackupPC-users] Alternative way to check if Host is alive -- can't use Ping

2010-03-30 Thread Les Mikesell
On 3/30/2010 11:31 AM, John BORIS wrote: > All of the suggestions will work but has anyone setup BackupPC to use > something other than Ping to see if the host is alive? I have telnet > available and someone else suggested httping but the ping command is used to > send a few requests to just tes

Re: [BackupPC-users] few questions

2010-03-30 Thread Luis Paulo
> What happen if PC is truned of at 9:15 and backup is not completed, will > it > completed next day ? > If the backup is interrupted, it will start from where it left next time it runs (either automatic or by demand). I think I'm right... That is, it will take less time to complete than if it

Re: [BackupPC-users] Alternative way to check if Host is alive -- can't use Ping

2010-03-30 Thread Les Mikesell
On 3/30/2010 11:22 AM, Mirco Piccin wrote: > Hi, > > >> In my setup ICMP packets are dropped by the firewall in front of the > >> machine I need to backup. I have been searching for alternatives but > >> haven't found anything yet. Any pointers to a fix? Any other way to let > >> BackupPC know

Re: [BackupPC-users] Alternative way to check if Host is alive -- can't use Ping

2010-03-30 Thread Richard Shaw
On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 10:37 AM, John BORIS wrote: > In my setup ICMP packets are dropped by the firewall in front of the > machine I need to backup. I have been searching for alternatives but > haven't found anything yet. Any pointers to a fix? Any other way to let > BackupPC know he machine is

Re: [BackupPC-users] Alternative way to check if Host is alive -- can't use Ping

2010-03-30 Thread John BORIS
This is a Windows Server running rsyncd so 873 is open. There isn't any web server on this unit. So I can get httping but then need some RTFM or How To that shows how to replace ping in BackupPC so it will work. John J. Boris, Sr. JEN-A-SyS Administrator Archdiocese of Philadelphia "Remember! That

Re: [BackupPC-users] Alternative way to check if Host is alive -- can't use Ping

2010-03-30 Thread John BORIS
All of the suggestions will work but has anyone setup BackupPC to use something other than Ping to see if the host is alive? I have telnet available and someone else suggested httping but the ping command is used to send a few requests to just test the machine. I don't see anything in the Backup

Re: [BackupPC-users] Alternative way to check if Host is alive -- can't use Ping

2010-03-30 Thread Tino Schwarze
On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 06:22:39PM +0200, Mirco Piccin wrote: > Hi, > > >> In my setup ICMP packets are dropped by the firewall in front of the > >> machine I need to backup. I have been searching for alternatives but > >> haven't found anything yet. Any pointers to a fix? Any other way to let > >

Re: [BackupPC-users] Alternative way to check if Host is alive -- can't use Ping

2010-03-30 Thread Mirco Piccin
Hi, >> In my setup ICMP packets are dropped by the firewall in front of the >> machine I need to backup. I have been searching for alternatives but >> haven't found anything yet. Any pointers to a fix? Any other way to let >> BackupPC know he machine is alive? > >What ports are available? >could s

Re: [BackupPC-users] Alternative way to check if Host is alive -- can't use Ping

2010-03-30 Thread Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom
On 03/30 11:37 , John BORIS wrote: > In my setup ICMP packets are dropped by the firewall in front of the > machine I need to backup. I have been searching for alternatives but > haven't found anything yet. Any pointers to a fix? Any other way to let > BackupPC know he machine is alive? What port

[BackupPC-users] Alternative way to check if Host is alive -- can't use Ping

2010-03-30 Thread John BORIS
In my setup ICMP packets are dropped by the firewall in front of the machine I need to backup. I have been searching for alternatives but haven't found anything yet. Any pointers to a fix? Any other way to let BackupPC know he machine is alive? John J. Boris, Sr. JEN-A-SyS Administrator Archdioces

[BackupPC-users] auth required, but service is open/insecure

2010-03-30 Thread Rudi von Staden
I just spent the better part of a couple of days trying to figure this out, so I thought I'd write it up in case it can help someone else. As is often the case, it ended up being fairly trivial, but not immediately obvious where the problem was. After adding a new machine (Windows 7, although I don

Re: [BackupPC-users] few questions

2010-03-30 Thread Les Mikesell
rbou...@free.fr wrote: > Hi, > > I think that i don't use banckuppc properly. My server is not up 24/24 as my > (two) computers. It is a home use. > > Anyway, how could I say to backuppc to backup right now ? I use "Backuppc_dump > -i -v IP" but it seems to be quite long, CPU is 30% but nothing s