Re: [BackupPC-users] Setup for Windows backup with rsync

It is safer and more versatile to setup ssh on your Windows machine and then just use 'rsync' Rsyncd uses minimal security and an incompatible config format from rsync-ssh. Samual Flossie wrote at about 10:15:17 -0500 on Saturday, January 20, 2024: > There are several windows rsyncd install/confi

Re: [BackupPC-users] Setup for Windows backup with rsync

On Sat, Jan 20, 2024 at 9:18 AM Stephen Blackwell wrote: > > Ah, that was it. Well, that and a couple of other parameters needed setting. > Thank you. Also, it is possible to do a better job on windows if you use the VSS shadow copy system in combination with rsyncd. I'm not an expert on that m

Re: [BackupPC-users] Setup for Windows backup with rsync

Ah, that was it. Well, that and a couple of other parameters needed setting. Thank you. On Sat, Jan 20, 2024 at 12:22 AM Les Mikesell wrote: > On Fri, Jan 19, 2024 at 4:06 PM Stephen Blackwell > wrote: > > > > My external backup drive died recently so I bought a NAS and installed a > docker wit

Re: [BackupPC-users] Setup for Windows backup with rsync

There are several windows rsyncd install/config tutorials. Recommend looking at this one: https://kifarunix.com/backup-windows-system-with-backuppc-using-rsyncd/ rsyncd is at cygwin-rsyncd and can download Cygwin-Rsyncd installer from Releases page