Re: [BackupPC-users] Almost working - hostname/DHCP caveat

2008-10-20 Thread Kenneth L. Owen
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-use

Re: [BackupPC-users] Almost working - hostname/DHCP caveat

2008-10-20 Thread Msquared
On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 09:55:29AM +1100, Adam Goryachev wrote: > Backuppc will connect using the *name* rather than the IP address. Note that you should ensure all hosts you want to back up have static IPs on your network. (You can do this either manually or with DHCP, as is your preference.)

Re: [BackupPC-users] Almost working

2008-10-15 Thread Kenneth L. Owen
oup00/LogVol01swapswapdefaults 0 0 /dev/archive/BackupPC /var/lib/BackupPC ext3defaults 0 0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] etc]$ -Original Message- From: Nils Breunese (Lemonbit) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 3:57 AM To: Gener

Re: [BackupPC-users] Almost working

2008-10-15 Thread Nils Breunese (Lemonbit)
Kenneth L. Owen wrote: > That only leaves one issue: I can't log into the web GUI from the > Windows > server. I have ssl setup and can get the default web page with > https://Archiver/ but https://Archiver/BackupPC/ gets a 403 screen > - Not > Authorized . This is the same line that I use

Re: [BackupPC-users] Almost working

2008-10-14 Thread Kenneth L. Owen
the same line that I use on Archiver to pull up the BackupPC GUI. -- ken -----Original Message- From: Adam Goryachev [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 1:25 AM To: General list for user discussion,questions and support Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Almost working That m

Re: [BackupPC-users] Almost working

2008-10-13 Thread Adam Goryachev
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kenneth L. Owen wrote: > Sorry, I missed the command line in the first message. The client machine > name is mixed case of the form 'HOSTname'. I believe that I read in the > documentation that it should be all lower case. I know it works in lower >

Re: [BackupPC-users] Almost working

2008-10-13 Thread Kenneth L. Owen
ge- 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 -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kenneth L. Owen wrote: > Mr. Yates, \ \ > /usr

Re: [BackupPC-users] Almost working

2008-10-13 Thread Adam Goryachev
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kenneth L. Owen wrote: > Mr. Yates, > Since Fedora 8 had BackupPC included in the distribution, user backuppc was > already in existence and set for no logon. As root the su -s line changes > the user to 'backuppc'. The test below is run as backuppc

Re: [BackupPC-users] Almost working

2008-10-13 Thread Kenneth L. Owen
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,

Re: [BackupPC-users] Almost working

2008-10-13 Thread royden yates
On Mon, 2008-10-13 at 20:01 -0400, Kenneth L. Owen wrote: > 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:

Re: [BackupPC-users] Almost working

2008-10-13 Thread Kenneth L. Owen
- From: Adam Goryachev [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 6:55 PM To: General list for user discussion,questions and support Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Almost working Backuppc will connect using the *name* rather than the IP address. You should test like this: su -s

Re: [BackupPC-users] Almost working

2008-10-13 Thread Adam Goryachev
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kenneth L. Owen wrote: > 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 - ba

Re: [BackupPC-users] Almost working

2008-10-13 Thread Adam Goryachev
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kenneth L. Owen wrote: > 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 - ba

Re: [BackupPC-users] Almost working

2008-10-13 Thread Kenneth L. Owen
- From: royden yates [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 2:03 PM To: General list for user discussion,questions and support Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Almost working << deleted text >> As you have been pointed to rsync in a windows context, please remember that rs

Re: [BackupPC-users] Almost working

2008-10-13 Thread Kenneth L. Owen
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

Re: [BackupPC-users] Almost working

2008-10-13 Thread royden yates
On Sat, 2008-10-11 at 13:10 +0200, Nils Breunese (Lemonbit) wrote: > Kenneth L. Owen wrote: > > > 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

Re: [BackupPC-users] Almost working

2008-10-13 Thread Rob Owens
Kenneth L. Owen wrote: > On this path, my next step is to set up ssh-keys for BackupPC. > Remember, that I am a novice in Linux. I have instructions for creating > the keys but find a discrepancy between the instructions (written for > Debian) and the Fedora setup. When creating keys on the arch

Re: [BackupPC-users] Almost working

2008-10-13 Thread Michael Mansour
Hi, > Why use Fedora at all?? Debian is your friend So are so many other Linux distributions... one of the best things about Linux is the range available. I personally use Scientific Linux on all my servers (and clients servers) and have been for many years. If it's good enough for the Large Hed

Re: [BackupPC-users] Almost working

2008-10-13 Thread Nils Breunese (Lemonbit)
Stephen Vaughan wrote: > Why use Fedora at all?? Debian is your friend If you're used to the Fedora way (a.k.a. Red Hat way) of things and want a distribution with a long lifecycle then I'd say CentOS (or RHEL if you need paid support) is a better choice than Debian. Debian is a fine distri

Re: [BackupPC-users] Almost working

2008-10-13 Thread Nils Breunese (Lemonbit)
Adam Goryachev wrote: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# su backuppc >> bash-3.2$<== This doesn't look as expected > > Actually, yes, this is the default prompt, which is usually modified > in > your ~/.bashrc or ~/.bash_profile files, but the backuppc user doesn't > have/use these files

Re: [BackupPC-users] Almost working

2008-10-12 Thread Adam Goryachev
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kenneth L. Owen wrote: > 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 > bac

Re: [BackupPC-users] Almost working

2008-10-12 Thread Stephen Vaughan
Why use Fedora at all?? Debian is your friend On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 2:22 PM, Michael Mansour <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > > 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 t

Re: [BackupPC-users] Almost working

2008-10-12 Thread Kenneth L. Owen
-Original Message- From: Adam Goryachev [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2008 7:32 PM To: General list for user discussion,questions and support Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Almost working You should login as root, and then use: su - backuppc This will "switch"

Re: [BackupPC-users] Almost working

2008-10-12 Thread Adam Goryachev
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kenneth L. Owen wrote: > On this path, my next step is to set up ssh-keys for BackupPC. > Remember, that I am a novice in Linux. I have instructions for creating > the keys but find a discrepancy between the instructions (written for > Debian) and th

Re: [BackupPC-users] Almost working

2008-10-12 Thread Kenneth L. Owen
__ From: dan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2008 9:01 PM To: General list for user discussion,questions and support Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Almost working Definitely go with rsync for backups. This is a better choice. Also, fedora 8 is a perfectly fine OS but

Re: [BackupPC-users] Almost working

2008-10-11 Thread dan
e. 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

Re: [BackupPC-users] Almost working

2008-10-11 Thread Rob Owens
. -- ken > > -Original Message- > From: Michael Mansour [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 11:23 PM > To: General list for user discussion,questions and support; > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Almost workin

Re: [BackupPC-users] Almost working

2008-10-11 Thread Nils Breunese (Lemonbit)
Kenneth L. Owen wrote: > 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

Re: [BackupPC-users] Almost working

2008-10-11 Thread Nils Breunese (Lemonbit)
Kenneth L. Owen wrote: > 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 Actually, using Fedora for servers *is* being adventurous, because it has such a short lifecycle. If want a stabl

Re: [BackupPC-users] Almost working

2008-10-10 Thread Kenneth L. Owen
user discussion,questions and support; BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Almost working Hi, > 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

Re: [BackupPC-users] Almost working

2008-10-10 Thread Michael Mansour
Hi, > 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 Why choose Fedora 8 and not Fedora 9? Fedora 8

[BackupPC-users] Almost working

2008-10-10 Thread Kenneth L. Owen
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