[BackupPC-users] Improved Log File

2007-11-13 Thread bill
BackupPC_dump: foreach my $k (keys(%stat)) { if ($stat{$k} =~ /^$/) { %stat{$k} = 0; } } Thanks, Bill - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop

Re: [BackupPC-users] Using linux rsync to backup Windows clients

2007-11-12 Thread Bill B.
quot; module from your CentOS machine, then maybe there's something in > your previously-used syntax that CentOS doesn't like. (Perhaps it > doesn't like the "bpc@" portion, although I've never had trouble with > that type of syntax). > > -Rob > > Bill

Re: [BackupPC-users] Using linux rsync to backup Windows clients

2007-11-09 Thread Bill B.
SX 10.4) using the exact same syntax on the exact same revision of rsync, everything works as expected: *suspect:~/bpc root# rsync -av [EMAIL PROTECTED]::docs . Password: receiving file list ... * So, I'm just not clear on what exactly is going on under the hood here that is such an issue

Re: [BackupPC-users] Using linux rsync to backup Windows clients

2007-11-09 Thread Bill B.
As I showed in my examples, the rsync command works great from an OSX client, and in fact they're the same rsync version, 2.3.6. I know what rsync and rsyncd are. I don't know how to get a more recent version of rsync on a linux machine to talk nicely to the bundled rsyncd on the backup

[BackupPC-users] Using linux rsync to backup Windows clients

2007-11-09 Thread Bill B.
Hello, I've been trying to figure out how to use the windows rsyncd package from the backuppc site. Everything is installed fine, and if I connect using rsync from my Mac laptop (OSX), rsync works as expected. If, however, I connect from a linux based machine, it tries to use ssh as the default

Re: [BackupPC-users] cifs vs. samba

2006-11-07 Thread Bill Hudacek
n I mount/unmount using shell scripts. This is most useful on laptops, however, where I may not be at home or where the network is not set up - having a box that tries to mount those file systems on every boot can get annoying. /bill ---

Re: [BackupPC-users] Nagios plugin

2006-08-21 Thread Bill Hudacek
cron checks, so... Let us know when it goes live Bill - Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download

Re: [BackupPC-users] Q: BackupPC problems with Samba 3.0.22+ ? A: blacklist samba

2006-07-31 Thread Bill Hudacek
Les Mikesell wrote: > On Sat, 2006-07-29 at 14:16, Bill Hudacek wrote: > >> As I said, this is the first time I've seen such a foolish >> use of something as powerful as Yum. > > You don't have to run it unattended... Yum doesn't push - your > copy pul

Re: [BackupPC-users] Q: BackupPC problems with Samba 3.0.22+ ? A: blacklist samba

2006-07-31 Thread Bill Hudacek
H. I'd just used "samba", assuming regexp. Thanks, I'll put the explicit entries instead. I suppose the intent is that it's rarely used, if they are doing explicit matches :-) Thanks, Ken - /bill ken wrote: >> On Sat, 2006-07-29 at 12:28, Bill Hudacek wr

Re: [BackupPC-users] Q: BackupPC problems with Samba 3.0.22+ ? A: blacklist samba

2006-07-29 Thread Bill Hudacek
Les Mikesell wrote: > On Sat, 2006-07-29 at 12:28, Bill Hudacek wrote: > >> Fedora Core and Yum is a great system for automatically updating your >> system. but only when you can trust it. This is the first time it's >> really and truly failed me - and it's

[BackupPC-users] Q: BackupPC problems with Samba 3.0.22+ ? A: blacklist samba

2006-07-29 Thread Bill Hudacek
The core Samba protocol support seems to be intact and working. I can't figure it out beyond that, I've never felt the need to get to know Samba that well (and at this point I likely won't ever want to touch it this much again). I hope this helps someone save some time, as it's c

Re: [BackupPC-users] NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE after samba update

2006-07-23 Thread Bill Hudacek
problem, I'll set up rsync on winders before I'll go back to an earlier version of Samba. Just found this too - looks like 3.0.23 was not the first affected version. http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthre

Re: [BackupPC-users] NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE after samba update

2006-07-22 Thread Bill Hudacek
Les Mikesell wrote: > On Tue, 2006-07-18 at 21:57, Bill Hudacek wrote: > > Is there some subtle difference in your $Conf{SmbClientFullCmd} and > $Conf{SmbClientIncrCmd} entries? Can you execute something > resembling the expanded incremental command manually with > smbclien

Re: [BackupPC-users] NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE after samba update

2006-07-18 Thread Bill Hudacek
mmand line. Sigh! The mystery deepens. -Bill - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics

Re: [BackupPC-users] NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE after samba update

2006-07-18 Thread Bill Hudacek
ructions did not work either. Still looking here, but I don't have time for this stuff right now :-( Bill Hudacek > -- > Víctor A. Rodríguez (http://www.bit-man.com.ar) > El bit Fantasma (Bit-Man) > CaFe.pm - Perl Mongers Capital Federal (http://cafe.pm.org/) > Proba

[BackupPC-users] [Fwd: Re: Host Backup Summary]

2006-05-29 Thread Bill Hudacek
Argh. Thunderbird strikes again. The list should really be the Reply-To: on these articles! Sorry, Les :-) Original Message Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Host Backup Summary Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 21:03:34 -0400 From: Bill Hudacek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Les Mi

Re: [BackupPC-users] Host Backup Summary

2006-05-29 Thread Bill Hudacek
previous full) >>That's not good : ( >>I rather not to do full often ( I thought I just need one full backup). >>But what's the best way to do this? >> -- Regards, Bill Hudacek "Redundancy is good; triple redundancy is twice as goo

Re: [BackupPC-users] Rsync 2.6.7-1 (fileListReceive failed)

2006-03-31 Thread Bill Hudacek
re-5 boxen. Yet. Might be a good day to just try and run "yum upgrade". Nah. It's the weekend -- Regards, Bill Hudacek "Redundancy is good; triple redundancy is twice as good!" - me --- This S

Re: [BackupPC-users] Migration To New Backuppc Server

2006-03-31 Thread Bill Hudacek
Rsync is broken. Borked. Unworkable. Dysfunctional. My version is 2.6.7.2.fc3.rf I am going to try his solution today. I haven't had time so my internet gateway isn't getting backed up, but it hardly ever changes (except when yum breaks things!). HTH -- Regards, Bill Hud

Re: [BackupPC-users] specify a particular day for fulls

2006-03-31 Thread Bill Hudacek
/BackupPC_serverMesg backup server.example.com server.example.com backuppc 1 I love the commas, I use them to run jobs every 12 minutes, or 10 times an hour :-) -- Regards, Bill Hudacek "Redundancy is good; triple redundancy is twice as good!&

Re: [BackupPC-users] Pool Size larger than Harddrive usage

2006-02-28 Thread Bill Hudacek
of the SI prefixes. Mega will mean 1 000 000, except that the base-two definition may be used (if such usage is explicitly pointed out on a case-by-case basis) until such time that prefixes for binary multiples are adopted by an appropriate standards body.  " -- Regards, Bill Hudacek &quo

Re: [BackupPC-users] Failing Backups

2006-01-25 Thread Bill Hudacek
This is purely a "straw man" approach, entirely built using my limited knowledge of Notes on the server side, and my *nix skills :-) Notes "compacts" and updates indexes for databases, typically using server agents, which (typically) run at night. If you have archiving - or expiration manag

Re: [BackupPC-users] backing up windows clients - again

2005-12-26 Thread Bill Hudacek
ess. I'm not a developer of BackupPC and I don't know anything about "VSS" at this point, so I'll just step aside now and wait with you for other opinions, Scott :-) Bill Hudacek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry to hit the list with this but once in awhile I wander

[BackupPC-users] FreeBSD nuances.

2005-11-15 Thread Bill Totman
can't be hacked out by following the outline of the Linux and Solaris examples in the program package. Thanks for any help, -- Bill Totman [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the JBoss Inc. Get Certified Today Regi

Re: [BackupPC-users] Restore failing, I think there's a problem with the FAQ

2005-10-26 Thread Bill Hudacek
his figured out. I haven't had to face this demon (no pun intended) yet...knock wood. /bill Rick DeNatale wrote: Executive Summary: I think that the script in the backuppc faq used to avoid client access as root has a bug. It should not use the --server and --sender arguments to rsync, bu

[BackupPC-users] Server summary screen a little light on details...

2005-09-09 Thread Bill Hudacek
mpted to ignore it except for the fact that it might be a sign of something wrong that could be more serious. Permissions, perhaps? Fulls and a couple of incrementals have run successfully (and are browsable), but I have not yet tested a restore. I'd welcome

[BackupPC-users] Re: Unable to read 4 bytes (possible FAQ?)

2005-09-09 Thread Bill Hudacek
ht to me anyway. If it were a wiki, I'd add it myself, but before anyone asks...no, I don't have bandwidth to take over anyone's FAQ :-) Nice to meet you all. Bill --- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conf

Re: [BackupPC-users] eBay/PayPal phishing

2005-08-04 Thread Bill Denney
hat I've not yet been an active participant, but I do hope to do my feature requests at least. Bill --- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifec