Re: [BackupPC-users] pre-backup encryption? user wants files to be inaccessible even to me :-)

Hi everyone, On 3/23/2010 3:41 PM, Frank J. Gómez wrote: > I have an interesting situation here. One of my users refuses to > participate in the system of backups because she's concerned about the > security of her files. She agreed to participate if I can make the > system work such that even I

Re: [BackupPC-users] cygwin, ssh, and rsync

On 2/6/2010 2:18 PM, Trey Nolen wrote: > I don't know if this has been mentioned on the list or not, but the new > Cygwin seems to have fixed the long standing bug that prevents rsync > from running in server mode over ssh. Now, we are able to use the > method "rsync" instead of "rsyncd". This

Re: [BackupPC-users] Revamping the Wiki

You should be able to access it now. It was from 2/13/2009, so it may be a little off by now. Cody phil wrote: > Hey Cody, > > Cody Dunne wrote: >> For those of you interested, you can see the current structure of the >> wiki at: http://www.cs.umd.edu/~cdunne/files

Re: [BackupPC-users] Windows 2008

I've been able to get rsyncd over ssh working on Windows 7, Vista, and XP machines and wrote up the instructions here: http://www.cs.umd.edu/~cdunne/projs/backuppc_guide.html Cody Chris Baker wrote: > > I have never been able to get rsync to work using cygwin and such. However, > it does work

Re: [BackupPC-users] Where is the BackupPC-Wiki?

Filipe Brandenburger wrote: > On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 07:04, wrote: >> I wanted to add some stuff to the wiki (common configuration) but it seems >> that the wiki is no there? >> >> Question: >> - What is going on? >> - Where is the Wiki? > > Oh oh... > > Sourceforge discontinued the Wiki servi

Re: [BackupPC-users] cygrunsrv and Vista - Access Denied

Hi Peter, Peter Bloomfield wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to get a Vista box added to the computers backed up by BackupPC > and I am > failing when trying to add the rsyncd service at the windows end. > > I keep getting an 'Access Denied' using the cygrunsrv.exe. In fact, simply > listing servi

Re: [BackupPC-users] Convergent encryption

3) The need for encrypted tunnels is still there, but at least file contents wouldn't be visible in transit. Cody Adam Goryachev wrote: > > Cody Dunne wrote: >> I recently ran into a paper on convergent encryption, which is a way of >> encrypting file blocks by their hashes.

[BackupPC-users] Convergent encryption

Hi everyone, I recently ran into a paper on convergent encryption, which is a way of encrypting file blocks by their hashes. The hashes (keys) are stored with the blocks, encrypted with the public key of any authorized readers. This allows a server to pool identical files, as they end up havin

Re: [BackupPC-users] Need help updating BackupPC wiki

Hi Simon, Simon Fishley wrote: > I also had trouble updating the wiki and sent my contribution to the > list in the hope that someone might actually add it to the wiki FAQ. > Cody, any chance you could undertake that? It was relating to a BPC > howto in OpenSolaris. I can resend it as well if you

Re: [BackupPC-users] Need help updating BackupPC wiki

Hi David, David Lasker wrote: > I have been working with Jeffrey Kosowsky to add his Windows VSS scripts to > the wiki. I was able to edit the "User Scripts" page at > http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net/CustomUserScripts to add a link to a > new page: > http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net/User+

Re: [BackupPC-users] Baking up Windows Vista

ould find actual real-world working > examples like this one, but unfortunately once many administrators get > theirs working, they rarely peruse the discussion groups anymore to give > back. > > Excellent article. > > -obj > > > Cody Dunne said the following on 04/01/2009

Re: [BackupPC-users] Baking up Windows Vista

Hi Mauro, Mauro Condarelli wrote: > Hi, > I managed to have my backups working for my Linux machines. > Now I need to add a Win Vista machine as client. > I browsed the wiki, but I didn't find anything specific and the > guidelines for XP seem very old. > What is the "approved" method to backup a

Re: [BackupPC-users] How scalable is backuppc?

Chris Robertson wrote: > Mike Dresser wrote: >> Matthias Meyer wrote: >> * Pool is 1852.64GB comprising 8466234 files and 4369 directories >> (as of 3/12 02:26), >> * Pool hashing gives 9654 repeated files with longest chain 85, >> * Nightly cleanup removed 7189 files of size 35.6

Re: [BackupPC-users] error in FAQ about Removing a client (BackupsDisable)

Hi Marthter marthter wrote: > The FAQ still talks about setting FullPeriod to -1 or -2 to disable > backups instead of the newer method of setting BackupsDisable to 1 or 2: > > http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/BackupPC.html#other_installation_topics You're correct that it needs to be modifie

Re: [BackupPC-users] Changing rsyncd listen port on Windows XP computers.

Hi Corey, Cory Rivera wrote: > [data] > path = e:/data > comment = data share to back up > auth users = backuppc > secrets file = c:/rsyncd/rsyncd.secrets > strict modes = false > read only = false > list = false > port = 1873 (this changes according to what the

Re: [BackupPC-users] How does BackupPC work?

Hi everyone, I tried to summarize this conversation on the wiki. Please check over it to see if there's anything that I got wrong or you can add: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net/Full+vs.+Incremental+Backups Cody -

Re: [BackupPC-users] meaning of different "Aborting backup" failure messages

Hi everyone, I added the error message descriptions from this thread to the error message page on the wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net/ErrorMessages Please see if there's anything you can add or fix for them! Cody

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC and Windows/ Cygwin clients via ssh/ rsync

Hi David, David Christensen wrote: > Regular rsync over SSH doesn't work between Linux and Windows/Cygwin > boxes because of a bug fixed in rsync 3.0 The following line says the problem still remains with BackupPC, though. I'm not sure if plain rsync 3.0/ssh works over cygwin, but it def

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC and Windows/ Cygwin clients via ssh/ rsync

Hi David, David Christensen wrote: > However, when I attempt to backup Windows XP Professional SP3/ Cygwin > machines via ssh/rsync, BackupPC will process anywhere from dozens to > hundreds of files and then hang, usually on a large file (console > session follows). This is a known problem with s

Re: [BackupPC-users] vista backup question

Hi Dashpartha, Dashpartha wrote: > Hi , > > I have a Windows Vista system,which i want to take backup through Backuppc.I > have already configured backuppc on a linux server(RHELAS4U5) & Taking backup > of WINXP Systems,but my problem is i am not able to install > Rsyncd(275KB),while the serv

Re: [BackupPC-users] IRC channel invite only?

Hi Royden, royden yates wrote: > I wonder if this is it (from > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IRC#Error:_Unable_to_join_channel_.28invite_only.29) > > "Error: Unable to join channel (invite only) > This error arises on a private channel which empties. Upon emptying, > various modes

[BackupPC-users] IRC channel invite only?

Hi folks, Does anyone know why our #backuppc IRC channel on freenode is now invite only? Thanks, Cody -- Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in op

Re: [BackupPC-users] Revamping the Wiki

For those of you interested, you can see the current structure of the wiki at: http://www.cs.umd.edu/~cdunne/files/BPCWikiStructure.png Also, the NodeXL workbook for it is here: http://www.cs.umd.edu/~cdunne/files/BPCWikiStructure.xlsx (sorry, Windows/Office2007 only) If anyone wants to take a sho

Re: [BackupPC-users] Revamping the Wiki

Johan Ehnberg wrote: > I for one would be happy to contribute with several complete pages of > documentation that I have generated for my clients, once the Wiki is > clear enough to start with. That's fantastic! I'm glad Craig supports it as well. I've marked a few of the recent mailing list me

Re: [BackupPC-users] Revamping the Wiki

I should have said sunday at 12pm Eastern Time (GMT-5). Cody Cody Dunne wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I've been looking over the BackupPC wiki to find somewhere to integrate > my own material, but it's in pretty bad shape. There's no consistent > structure or f

[BackupPC-users] Revamping the Wiki

other suggestions you have to me or add them to the ProposedWikiStructure wiki page/discussion. Regards, Cody Dunne -- Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest

Re: [BackupPC-users] vista backup question

Hi Holger, Holger Parplies wrote: > Hi, > > Cody Dunne wrote on 2009-01-08 13:32:00 +0800 [Re: [BackupPC-users] vista > backup question]: >> [...] >> See http://www.cs.umd.edu/~cdunne/projs/backuppc_guide.html#Xfer > > you keep quoting your guide. How about contr

Re: [BackupPC-users] vista backup question

Hi Mark, Mark Maciolek wrote: > hi, > > Running 3.1.0 on CentOS 5.2 with 40 clients so far mostly Linux systems. > Added my first Vista system today. Used Deltacopy to install rsync. > > The backup worked but still had 13446 error transfer, mainly file name > too long. > > Remote[1]: rsync: r

Re: [BackupPC-users] Passwords for rsync on client

Hi Juergen, Juergen Harms wrote: > Your BackupPC Install Guide is an extremely helpful document! > > http://www.cs.umd.edu/~cdunne/projs/backuppc_guide.html > > Sorry for posting again, but this document is worth the publicity (and I > somehow did not see it when I did my initial homework with

Re: [BackupPC-users] Passwords for rsync on client

Hi Juergen, Juergen Harms wrote: > Things start to run smoothly, backupPC is really nice to install and > make running. > > But how do I reasonably proceed with password protection for client > rsyncd? To get started, I presently use $Conf{RsyncdAuthRequired} = 0; - > works nicely, but not pro

Re: [BackupPC-users] new to backuppc

Hi Anand, Anand Gupta wrote: > Now i need to setup a windows host. I do have a question on that though, > the cygwin-rsync package from sf states it doesn't have ssh on it, > however from the howto it looks to me ssh would be required. Any ideas > on that ? If you want ssh, just install the re

Re: [BackupPC-users] new to backuppc

Hi Anandx, anandx wrote: >> There is a cygwin+rsync package available on the backuppc sourceforge >> site, which can make it very easy to install rsyncd. If you don't need >> rsync for anything else, and are happy to use rsyncd instead of >> rsync+ssh, then I've found this to be a good solution.

Re: [BackupPC-users] First user problems

Hi cantthinkofanicknamem, cantthinkofanickname wrote: > I've gone through all the How-tos and googled but I cannot get backup PC to > successfully run. I am using the smb method and trying to setup a test method > from my laptop I use to configure the server (8.10). I have removed the "-N" > fl

Re: [BackupPC-users] Junctions on WinXP

Hi Jeffrey, Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote: > Does BackupPC know how to treat NTFS junction points. > They are analogous to *nix symbolic links but only work on > directories. > > Based on a little test, it seems like BackupPC does not know about > them since it seems to have copied over all the data

Re: [BackupPC-users] Vista client unauthorized user

Oz Dror wrote: > Thanks for responding. > > I have done all the correction that you undigested. I am still havening > the auth issue. > When I run the backup in a command line > I noticed these lines: > > Negotiated protocol version 28 > Got response: 73c7ac91a97cd967d94504b9a6347037 > Auth: go

Re: [BackupPC-users] Vista client unauthorized user

Oz Dror wrote: > I have installed xp client unsuccessfully > > On vista rsyncd failed. Any ideas why and how to debug it. > > I get the following error: > auth failed on module home from unknown (192.168.0.4): unauthorized user > > /etc/rsyncd: You mean /etc/rsyncd.conf, right? > > gid = us

Re: [BackupPC-users] Problems backing up Windows XP over rsyncd

Heinrich Christian Peters wrote: >> > The relevant conifg: >> >> $Conf{ClientNameAlias} = 'localhost'; >> >> $Conf{RsyncdClientPort} = '10012'; >> >> $Conf{DumpPreUserCmd} = '/etc/backuppc/buildtun $name 22 10012'; >> >> $Conf{DumpPostUserCmd}= '/usr/bin/pkill -u backuppc -f tun$name'; >> >>

Re: [BackupPC-users] Any plans to "upgrade" File::RsyncP to version 30?

Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote: > Heinrich Christian Peters wrote at about 23:52:26 +0100 on Thursday, November > 6, 2008: > > I think the changes between the protocol 28, 29 an 30 is documented here: > > > > Very helpful but overwhelming ;) >

Re: [BackupPC-users] Problems backing up Windows XP over rsyncd

Hi Heinrich, Heinrich Christian Peters wrote: > Hello Cody, > > Am 06.11.2008 21:22, Cody Dunne schrieb: >> Heinrich Christian Peters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> I am using BackupPC (3.1.0-4) on Debian Lenny and cygwin with rsync >>> (3.0.4-1) an

Re: [BackupPC-users] Problems backing up Windows XP over rsyncd

ere it is: http://www.cs.umd.edu/~cdunne/projs/backuppc_guide.html Let me know if it helps you! Cody Dunne - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based appli