Hi Brad,
I am NOT much more than a neophyte on Linux, so take all of this with a
grain of salt.
Having run Windows for many years, I had Ghost for imaging drives. The
earlier versions of Ghost could do ext2.
I run an with /home on another drive formatted ext3. I run Ghost to
image the ext2 boo
s up, then I will be pretty certain that all is OK. Also,
I am not certain that I have the latest firmware in the H37/Z67-IDE
unit. I will check this tomorrow as well and report back.
-- ken
On Thu, 2012-04-26 at 23:25 -0400, Kenneth L. Owen wrote:
> Hi Les & David,
>
> I also r
Hi Les & David,
I also run BackupPC with VISUDO and also get the 512 error on localhost
when backing up home. I tried switching it to rsync, but could not get
it to work that way.
Since then, my hard drive mounted at /var/lib/backuppc has failed. I
thought that it's failing may have be part of
the next place that I mess up!
-- ken
On Tue, 2012-04-24 at 18:05 -0400, Kenneth L. Owen wrote:
> Hi Doug,
>
> Reading over the notes I had for creating an LVM2 drive, I decided
> that I had made a mistake and reworked the setup. It seemed to work
> more like I remember from 200
1 GiB
Current LE 238467
Segments 1
Allocation inherit
Read ahead sectors auto
- currently set to 256
Block device 252:0
ken@smbsrvr2:/new$
On Mon, 2012-04-23 at 05:45 -0400, Doug Lytle wrote:
> Kenneth L. Owen wrote:
>
Hi All,
I been running BackupPC since 2007 and gotten good service over the
years.
Recently, things started acting a bit strangely and now I understand
that the hard drive was failing.
I have a new (and larger) hard drive installed. I has been a while
since I last set up the system, so it has b
01-24 at 01:10 -0500, Kenneth L. Owen wrote:
> Thank you, Les!
>
> That was my total problem. My backups are scheduled to begin at 01:00
> and I just had time to get there, logon as backuppc and issue the
> ssh-copy-id archiver. Immediately the tar backup began!
>
> What I
ublic key on file in authorized_keys.
I'll update my notes for the next time I have to setup a system!
Again, thanks for your help and putting up with a barely literate Linux
user. -- ken
On Mon, 2012-01-23 at 23:42 -0600, Les Mikesell wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 11:22 PM, Ke
On Mon, 2012-01-23 at 22:36 -0600, Les Mikesell wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 10:07 PM, Kenneth L. Owen
> wrote:
> > Hi Les,
> >
> > I'm not getting something about setting up to use rsync to backup /home
> > on localhost. The instructions
c$>ssh-copy-id archive-server
On the archiving server, backuppc would ssh-copy-id localhost ??
Where does the reciprocal key come from ??
-- ken
On Mon, 2012-01-23 at 20:43 -0600, Les Mikesell wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 8:13 PM, Kenneth L. Owen
> wrote:
> > Hi Les,
> >
Hi Les,
Now that's a thought! I didn't realize this.
Hmmm, so does backuppc need a key for local host like the remote
machines?
-- ken
On Mon, 2012-01-23 at 20:05 -0600, Les Mikesell wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 7:47 PM, Kenneth L. Owen
> wrote:
> >
> >
&
risk.
Later, -- ken
On Mon, 2012-01-23 at 14:44 -0500, Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote:
> Sorry about the slow (and probably unhelpful) reply to this.
>
> On 01/16 05:31 , Kenneth L. Owen wrote:
> > Reviewing my logs, a full backup of localhost usually takes about one
> > and
On Mon, 2012-01-16 at 15:52 -0500, Kenneth L. Owen wrote:
> On Mon, 2012-01-16 at 13:25 -0500, Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote:
> > On 01/16 11:38 , Kenneth L. Owen wrote:
> > > Before this problem started, it was backing up with no problem. Then I
> > > started getting
On Mon, 2012-01-16 at 13:25 -0500, Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote:
> On 01/16 11:38 , Kenneth L. Owen wrote:
> > Before this problem started, it was backing up with no problem. Then I
> > started getting errors:
>
> If you do a 'ls -al /home' using a command shell
On Mon, 2012-01-16 at 09:49 -0500, Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote:
> On 01/13 08:09 , Kenneth L. Owen wrote:
> > 2012-01-07 01:00:18 Got fatal error during xfer (No files dumped for share
> > /home)
>
> Are there any files in /home?
> BackupPC will exit if it does not fi
Hi All,
I have been using BackupPC for a while now, starting with it running on
Fedora in 2007 before switching to Ubuntu LTS. I am using the sudoers
method of allow backuppc to access my systems. I'm using rsync
transfers from all remote machines and use tar to backup /home on
localhost of the
Hi Tim,
I use the sudoer's method to allow backuppc to log in with no password,
but with a limited privilege only sufficient to perform the necessary
functions.
Google sudoer and backuppc for instructions.
-- ken
On Sat, 2011-08-13 at 21:09 -0600, Tim AtLee wrote:
> Hello
>
> I am looking for
I have been running Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy) until about April of this year
when I upgraded to Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid). I was and am still running the
sudoers file method for backuppc to connect with limited access to
clients. Almost everything converted to the new OS version with no
problem and all remo
Hi All,
The problem appears to be fixed by running the command:
user-home$ dpkg-reconfigure backuppc
So, if I set the keys properly, the system should run it's nightly soon.
And to all who work to make this application - THANKS!!
Later, -- ken
On Fri, 2011-03-11 at 17:22 -0500, Kenn
Hi All,
About a year ago, I implemented the Sudoers technique for backuppc.
My network file server system boot hard disk failed. Don't know why,
because it's only been running 24/7 for eleven years! Anyway, I got the
server back into service and regenerated ssh-keys for the backup
process. Now
Hi George,
I run BackupPC on Ubuntu Linux to backup my data. Several years ago, I
was running a windows network with a file server housing all of the
data. I am trying desperately to totally stop using windows, but it's
tough when so many vendors will only support Windows systems. But that
is
Hi,
I also run Ubuntu and BackupPC. When I was reworking my system, Luis
Paulo opened my eyes concerning keys. I now run using the visudo
technique to avoid backuppc having root privilege. Read this articale:
http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/ssh.html
Pay special attention to the visudo met
Hi Chris,
When I saw your note, I first thought about just stopping the service
like in Richards suggestion below. If you want to keep the system
simi-active in case you need something from the old archive, I'm
wondering if just setting the black-out period to 24/7 would work.
-- ken
On Tue, 2
Hi Keith,
I also run BackupPC on Ubuntu 10.04. When you downloaded and installed
BackupPC (assuming apt-get install backuppc was used), the installation
process will ask you to select the which application you will be using
for your web interface. For Ubuntu 10.04, you should have selected
Apach
Hi All,
The restore testing completed with no problem. The visudo method for
transfer works quite well! --ken
On Wed, 2010-03-24 at 16:47 -0400, Kenneth L. Owen wrote:
> Hi Luis,
>
> Just a note that I found a configuration problem on that was
> causing the problem with gettin
On Tue, 2010-03-23 at 20:25 +, Luis Paulo wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 7:59 PM, Kenneth L. Owen
> wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-03-23 at 17:01 +, Luis Paulo wrote:
>
> >
> > The "welcome" message is normal
Hi Luis,
Even before I got your note, I think figured out the problem. With so
many changes since I started rebuilding the archiving server, problem
generating keys, getting keys generated and then deciding to not use
root logon, I simply forgot that I had not generated keys for backuppc
as a sim
backuppc user in the GUI Users and Groups application. It won't
let me delete the backuppc group. -- ken
On Sun, 2010-03-14 at 18:41 -0400, Kenneth L. Owen wrote:
> Problem with converting to visudo method keys
---
Hi Luis (and others),
I've taken a little time to study the visudo approach to running
BackupPC instead of using phrase-less keys for root logon at the client
machine. This is a much lower risk, indeed.
On Ubuntu, Vim is the default editor for visudo with Vim-tiny included
in the distribution.
>>> $ chmod 600 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
>>> Remember to restart ssh after changes :)
>>>
>>> maybe show us your client /etc/ssh/sshd_config if none of the above
>>> helps/work (check for AllowUsers directives, etc)
>>>
>>> Luis
>
Hi Luis (and others),
Since I must run back and forth between the machines, is there any way
to use a sneaker-LAN (e.g. USB memory stick) to transport the keys?
-- ken
On Thu, 2010-03-11 at 16:52 -0500, Kenneth L. Owen wrote:
> Hi Luis,
>
> I really appreciate your help. I've
e
> helps/work (check for AllowUsers directives, etc)
>
> Luis
>
> PS: I guess you are planning to use
> $Conf{RsyncClientCmd} = '$sshPath -q -x -l root $host $rsyncPath
> $argList+';
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 2:48 PM, Kenneth L. Owen
> wrote:
>
Hi Guys and Gals,
I've been running BackupPC for a couple of years now. I started when I
first moved my computing to Linux. It was really tough getting it up
the first time because I was dumber than a newbie! But once up and
running, it works great.
Anyway, I am faced with having to rebuild th
Hi Jonas,
I am still pretty much a newbie at Linux, but I am getting better each
day. I am currently running a small network of less than ten machines
and have one machine that is my Archiver running BackupPC 3.0.0-4
Ubuntu1. I, too, wanted to have a graphical representation of my
backuppc stror
In a terminal session, run
> sudo apt-get install backuppc
On Wed, 2009-04-22 at 10:10 -0700, David Lasker wrote:
> Can you point me to a reference on how to build the package for Ubuntu or
> Debian? My Google foo is not strong enough to figure this out for myself.
>
> Thanks for the help!
>
>
t! - ssh-keygen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1
Kenneth L. Owen wrote:
> The Archiver machine will also be my daytime workstation in the workshop.
> Therefore, I want to be able to do more than just run BackupPC at night.
> Some software not pertaining to BackupPC will be needed.
Tino,
Having gotten accustomed to Fedora, I prefer working as root when required
instead of having to enter lines twice -- once without sudo, error, then
retype it with sudo. Also, root can navigate to some directories that
normal user can't go. Once I get more used to using sudo, I may put root
upport
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] It's me again, Margret! - ssh-keygen
Am Donnerstag, den 08.01.2009, 18:00 -0500 schrieb Kenneth L. Owen:
> $ scp BackupPC_id_rsa.pub r...@192.168.1.101:/root/.ssh/
hmm, I think this should be something like "authorized_keys" on th
This seems to be the one thing that I keep finding a way to mess up!
Last time, I made the mistake of using an ssh connection to the other
machine to avoid trotting back and forth between buildings. YOU CAN'T DO
THIS since the ssh session keys get in the way of the backuppc key
generation proc
kupPC-users] I broke perfection ...
Kenneth L. Owen wrote:
> The problem is that when all is working properly, and I run the command
> -bash-3.2$ ssh -l root Winserver whoami
> (bash-3.2$ prompt since user 'backuppc' was setup on Fedora 8 'no-logon')
> WinServer should not
n,questions and support
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] I broke perfection ...
Kenneth L. Owen wrote:
> Hello Rob,
>
> Thanks for taking the time to look at this and reply. I am learning, but
> still have a ways to go before I can serve at your capacity!
>
There are 2 sets of keys in u
-bash-3.2$
Does it matter if the BackupPC service is running? I think it was stopped
when I created the keys this time.
-Original Message-
From: Rob Owens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 10:30 AM
To: General list for user discussion,questions and support
Sub
One thing that I just thought of that may or may not be significant:
The two machines are in different buildings about 100 yards apart. I
didn't run back and forth between them, but rather, ssh connected to
WinServer from Archiver in one terminal session and used another terminal
session to do
Back in October, I was a Linux newbie struggling to get BackupPC to work and
was successful in a very short time with the great support I got here (Ref:
Almost Working). Since then, I've monitored the system operation and
performed two restore tests, one from a full backup and one mid-stream off
o
Hello Leandro,
I am a newbie to Linux and also to BackupPC and have taken much help from
the generous people who support both. I found myself in your position
rather recently and had to work through finding a solution. While some of
the advice may have been good, I may have just lacked the exper
With your help, I was able to get BackupPC working. Next I set up my
permanent storage location on a 500 GB drive mounted at /var/lib/BackupPC.
All seemed to be running well until I shut down my LAN rearrange furniture
in the room. After placing the LAN back in service, BackupPC no longer
worked.
I am addressing all hosts by 'hostname', not IP. All machines run with
static IP addresses.
-Original Message-
From: Msquared [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 8:48 PM
To: General list for user discussion,questions and support
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Almost w
oup00/LogVol01swapswapdefaults
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/dev/archive/BackupPC /var/lib/BackupPC ext3defaults
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] etc]$
-Original Message-
From: Nils Breunese (Lemonbit) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 3:57 AM
To: Gener
BackupPC_dump path = /usr/share/BackupPC/bin/BackupPC_dump Verified
$Conf{MyPath} = '/bin'; # unchanged
$Conf{DfPath} = '/bin/df'; # unchaged, verified correct
$Conf{DfCmd} = '$dfPath $topDir'; # unchanged
$Conf{SplitPath} = '/usr/bin/split';# unchanged, verified
$Con
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From: Adam Goryachev [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 10:47 PM
To: General list for user discussion,questions and support
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Almost working
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Kenneth L. Owen wrote:
> Mr. Yates,
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s was to repeat the test using hostname.
- ken
-Original Message-
From: royden yates [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 8:32 PM
To: General list for user discussion,questions and support
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Almost working
On Mon, 2008-10-13 at 20:01 -0400,
If I understand you correctly:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ su -
Password:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# su -s /bin/bash - backuppc
-bash-3.2$ ssh -l root WinServer whoami
root
-bash-3.2$
It works this way, too. -- ken
(note: names have been changed to protect confidentiality.)
-Original Message-
F
Maybe I did not make the path clear. I am moving away from Windows. I
already have a system to maintain the Windows system and am trying to set up
a means to have disaster recovery as I transition to Linux. I will only be
archiving files from Linux boxes. -- ken
-Original Message-
From
With the feedback and help with command line, I was able to create the rsa
keys (Thanks Nils). When I finished creating the keys, I ran the test given
in the instructions:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] .ssh]# su -s /bin/bash - backuppc
-bash-3.2$ chmod -R go-rwx ~/.ssh
-bash-3.2$ ssh -l root 192.168.1.101 w
Well, I have news good and bad. First, your instructions were very clear,
precise and easy to follow. BUT, it didn't work.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ su -
Password:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# grep backuppc /etc/passwd
backuppc:x:495:490:backuppc:/var/lib/BackupPC:/sbin/nologin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# chsh
Thanks to all for responding. So far, I've learned several things:
1. Fedora distributions are short lived.
2. Rsync is the preferred transport.
Well, I kind of learned something. I had already figured out that Fedora
kept people moving along down the version trail. I did not real
When I started this transition, Fedora 8 was issued and stable. When I am
more stable with Linux, I'll be willing to be more adventurous. -- ken
-Original Message-
From: Michael Mansour [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 11:23 PM
To: General list for user discussio
Hello all,
For a number of years I have run a small home network of windows machines.
I recently decided to move my computing to Linux. I now have two machines
running Fedora 8. The first machine assumed the role of my windows server
using samba. The second machine is to be my system archivi
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