Re: [BackupPC-users] daemon not starting on Ubuntu start-up

2007, the *buntu releases were still SysV, so when the switch to upstart happened I had to go through the re-learning process. It eventually becomes a simpler thing, but initially it tends to be more than a bit mind-boggling.

Re: [BackupPC-users] can run su backuppc user

aken the Win98 boxes off line. The backuppc user is more tightly restricted, on the "need to know" principle. -- Jim Kyle mailto: j...@jimkyle.com -- LogMeIn Rescue: Anywhere, Anytime Remote support for IT. Fr

Re: [BackupPC-users] Restoring complete virtualized Windows-Servers / Saving MBR

ed to give me full backup on the VMs on the few occasions that I've needed it. -- Jim Kyle mailto: j...@jimkyle.com -- For Developers, A Lot Can Happen In A Second. Boundary is the first to Know...and Tell You. Monito

Re: [BackupPC-users] OT: udev rule for persistent removable device naming

that situation and automagically partitions and formats the new drive. In that case, it can add a label to the drive at the same time, and always put the SAME label on it so that fstab can find the "BAKUPDSK" drive regardless of device name, and mount it to BackupPC's required mountp

Re: [BackupPC-users] OT: udev rule for persistent removable device naming

the system more robust: adding or removing a SCSI disk changes the disk device name but not the filesystem volume label. I believe this can be done via gparted, also, so should be easy to incorporate into yo

Re: [BackupPC-users] OT: udev rule for persistent removable device naming

fore it can be used? If you do, you could write a "standard" disk label to it at that time, and then use that standard label in the udev rule or even to mount the drive if your version of fstab allows drives to be specified by label. -- Jim

Re: [BackupPC-users] offsite storage via laptops?

ong passphrase, the idea might be acceptable, but otherwise it would be a worse security risk than not having offsite backup at all. -- Jim Kyle mailto: j...@jimkyle.com -- Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDev

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backup of VM images

tempting to back up the images I would assume that the unused areas would be included. My solution to backing up my VMs was to install backuppc for each of them and treat them the same as physical machines on my net. This did lead to problems backing up Win2K and WinXP VMs, but only those already

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC Basics

741 typewriters as terminals. And I did backup my files on paper tape, also, via a KSM-35 Teletype machine... This was all some 40 years ago, almost a decade before PCs really took off... -- Jim Kyle mailto: j...@jimkyle.

Re: [BackupPC-users] Migrating backup machines

ount the NFS pool storage on the new server before starting the daemon there? If not, it would appear to work, but would have created a new set of pool storage on the new server... -- Jim Kyle mailto:j...@jimkyle.com -- Lot

Re: [BackupPC-users] Issue with SMB and "My Documents" folder?

onfiguration file, use the new share name instead of the original, and include "*" from it instead of giving the actual path names all over again (or if you only want to back up specific files and sub-folders you can list them). -- Jim Kyle mailto:j...@jimkyle.com -

Re: [BackupPC-users] Changing from smb to rsyncd

drive and exclude the directories that I don't want... -- Jim Kyle mailto:j...@jimkyle.com -- The Palm PDK Hot Apps Program offers developers who use the Plug-In Development Kit to bring their C/C++ apps to

Re: [BackupPC-users] SMB limitations?

e "system" group and if so, find out how that works. As an administrator, backuppc can access the C$ share on at least one system, the one that's running Win2K. I haven't tried yet on the WinXP systems, but my normal login to them c

Re: [BackupPC-users] SMB limitations?

try to test using smbclient, I get the "access denied" error message no matter what user I try. I know that Windows from XP on won't let an external login with blank password, but my normal administrator accounts are all passworded, and they're denied access also. -- J

Re: [BackupPC-users] SMB limitations?

lthough that seems like a dreadful kludge and waste of virtual disk space... -- Jim Kyle mailto:j...@jimkyle.com -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit

[BackupPC-users] SMB limitations?

or the non-VM systems also. I'm quite new to backuppc and may well have mixed up my configurations, so if it's something I've misconfigured that would be nice to know. The full set of *.pl files is a bit large to post on the list but I'll be happy to provide any applicable exc

Re: [BackupPC-users] Archive Backups

On Tuesday, July 6, 2010, at 10:22:12 AM, Chris Owen wrote: > Was hoping there might be away within BackupPC to stop backups from > running. But this will do the trick. Check the docs for the "BackupsDisable" setting in config.pl; it appears to be exactly what you are looking fo

[BackupPC-users] Included directories reported empty

d files from /bin, most of /usr, and much of /var, in addition to /etc, but it reports that /home is empty. In fact, that /home directory contains my own (jim) home directory plus one each for users backuppc and ftp! What's wrong in my configuration for this system? I have the --one-file-s

Re: [BackupPC-users] It's not working here

up so that it includes my Email messages and work logs. Many thanks! -- Jim Kyle mailto:j...@jimkyle.com -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com

Re: [BackupPC-users] It's not working here

ght to do the trick: backuppc ALL=(root) NOPASSWD:/usr/bin/tar -- Jim Kyle mailto:j...@jimkyle.com -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first

[BackupPC-users] It's not working here

uot;65280" tar error means; localhost did run one full backup when I was getting things set up so I would expect incrementals to work. Any ideas? -- Jim Kyle mailto:j...@jimkyle.com -- This SF.net email is sponsored by