[BackupPC-users] Help Understanding Storage Layout

2023-02-21 Thread Christian Völker
Hi all! (might this be better posted in the devel mailing list? I am not a developer...) The last couple of days  we are discussing a lot regarding storing/ removing backups. Looks like my first attempt with my script was completely wrong. So I am trying to understand the structure BackuPC

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help with unraid install..

2022-12-05 Thread Rob Sheldon
The project maintainer says he's just released an update that should resolve your issues: https://github.com/tiredofit/docker-backuppc/issues/13#issuecomment-1338297857 "...the user who has having issues should be able to pull a new version of the image and all should be working normally again.

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help with unraid install..

2022-12-04 Thread Rob Sheldon
I went ahead and opened up an issue for this on the maintainer's repo. It's at https://github.com/tiredofit/docker-backuppc/issues/13 He replied a bit ago that he'd get it patched up in the morning. On Sat, Dec 3, 2022, at 9:09 PM, Mister Ed wrote: > Wow, not a docker expert? Way ahead of me.

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help with unraid install..

2022-12-03 Thread Mister Ed
Wow, not a docker expert? Way ahead of me. I am a 57 yo dad with one still in high school, I am really about to give up on this if I do not get a ticket open on Sunday. I will follow up with the group. On Sat, Dec 3, 2022 at 1:35 PM Rob Sheldon wrote: > On Fri, Dec 2, 2022, at 10:34 PM, Miste

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help with unraid install..

2022-12-03 Thread Rob Sheldon
On Fri, Dec 2, 2022, at 10:34 PM, Mister Ed wrote: > > chown: unknown user backuppc > chown: unknown user/group backuppc:backuppc These are coming from some error in lines 13 & 14 of https://github.com/tiredofit/docker-backuppc/blob/a7c13963af017ac57b8f830d3796dbee6dc97440/install/etc/cont-init.

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help with unraid install..

2022-12-02 Thread Mister Ed
The line is in passwd... backuppc:x:1002:100:BackupPC system user:/:/bin/false Removed and re-installed... no joy. Will try and get a case open in the morning. I appreciate your help. chown: unknown user backuppc chown: unknown user/group backuppc:backuppc tar: can't open 'BackupPC-4.4.0.tar.g

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help with unraid install..

2022-12-02 Thread Kenneth Porter
What's the line with backuppc in /etc/passwd say? (If it's missing, that's also a clue.) ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://githu

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help with unraid install..

2022-12-02 Thread Rob Sheldon
Apologies for rewinding to the beginning of this thread, but the log lines you posted below would lead me to believe that the docker file failed to install BackupPC at all: it didn't create the user, it didn't download (or wasn't able to unpack) the software archive, it didn't create the init sc

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help with unraid install..

2022-12-02 Thread Mister Ed
That cd takes me to the / directory. On Fri, Dec 2, 2022 at 8:14 PM Norman J. Goldstein wrote: > I'm not familiar with slackware, but if rc.backuppc needs to be there, and > it is not, I agree it could be permissions. What happens when you do, "cd > ~backuppc"? It should take you to "/var/lib/

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help with unraid install..

2022-12-02 Thread Norman J. Goldstein
I'm not familiar with slackware, but if rc.backuppc needs to be there, and it is not, I agree it could be permissions.  What happens when you do, "cd ~backuppc"?  It should take you to "/var/lib/BackupPC", the home directory.  In my /etc/passwd file I also see that the login shell is "/sbin/nol

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help with unraid install..

2022-12-02 Thread Mister Ed
With the service running in the docker tab, when I try to access the web gui I get a 403 error. Sounds like permissions? On Fri, Dec 2, 2022 at 3:12 PM Mister Ed <112759...@gmail.com> wrote: > Oddly enough from the container console systemctl is not found in the > container. From the unraid ser

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help with unraid install..

2022-12-02 Thread Mister Ed
Oddly enough from the container console systemctl is not found in the container. From the unraid server console systemctl is not found. The server runs slackware and in the /etc/rc.d directory there is not an rc.backuppc file. On Fri, Dec 2, 2022 at 2:48 PM Norman J. Goldstein wrote: > I sugge

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help with unraid install..

2022-12-02 Thread Norman J. Goldstein
I suggest checking manually on the status of the backuppc server.  On my linux box, I do, as root, systemctl status backuppc to get some reassuring feedback (or not :-)).  Instead of "status", you can also do "start" and other commands outlined in the "-h" option.  If the status shows not run

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help with unraid install..

2022-12-02 Thread Mister Ed
So, I did create that user and I still do not get a webui... here are my logs from a fresh restart. 2022-12-02.14:24:03 [NOTICE] ** [container-init] Detected Container that has been restarted - Cleaning '/tmp/.container' files 2022-12-02.14:24:03 [NOTICE] ** [monitoring] Container configured for m

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help with unraid install..

2022-12-02 Thread Norman J. Goldstein
It is my understanding that most installers create the user, "backuppc".  If logging out and back in does not fix this, then the  docker installation omitted this step.  Creating the user, manually, should fix this. On 2022-12-02 09:41, Mister Ed wrote: I have installed the BackupPC docker con

[BackupPC-users] Help with unraid install..

2022-12-02 Thread Mister Ed
I have installed the BackupPC docker container on my Unraid server running version 6.11.5 and it is failing to start. I have never run this application and it looks very useful as it should handle my linux and windows systems. I think the problem is likely at the top of my logs, but I am not sure

[BackupPC-users] Help freeing up space

2022-10-07 Thread Brad Alexander
Happy Friday! I am having an issue with my backuppc install. I have a backuppc install on a FreeBSD jail on my TrueNAS machine. The jail then uses a dataset on the NAS for it's backend storage. Well, I have another jail as my plex server, with a similar setup, as it is connecting to the media data

Re: [BackupPC-users] HELP - FW: BackupPC administrative attention needed

2022-03-24 Thread George King
ssion, questions and support *Subject:* [BackupPC-users] HELP - FW: BackupPC administrative attention needed Hi Edward, I'm not sure how much help this list can be as we are just a group of people who administrate our own installations of BackupPC. It's a very flexible solution that can ha

Re: [BackupPC-users] HELP - FW: BackupPC administrative attention needed

2022-03-24 Thread G.W. Haywood via BackupPC-users
Hi there, On Thu, 24 Mar 2022, Edward Cotter wrote: New user to your mailing list and completely new to the product. Hello and welcome. A BackupPC system is necessarily and unfortunately a little complex, but I'm sure you'll get the hang of it given time. It's not exactly a 'product', it's m

Re: [BackupPC-users] HELP - FW: BackupPC administrative attention needed

2022-03-24 Thread Rene Balvers
nary.com] *Sent:* Thursday, March 24, 2022, 2:23 PM *To:* General list for user discussion, questions and support *Subject:* [BackupPC-users] HELP - FW: BackupPC administrative attention needed Hi Edward, I'm not sure how much help this list can be as we are just a group of people who

Re: [BackupPC-users] HELP - FW: BackupPC administrative attention needed

2022-03-24 Thread Paul via BackupPC-users
am To: General list for user discussion, questions and support (backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net) Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] HELP - FW: BackupPC administrative attention needed Hi Edward, I'm not sure how much help this list can be as we are just a group of people who administra

Re: [BackupPC-users] HELP - FW: BackupPC administrative attention needed

2022-03-24 Thread Mike Hughes
t it. From: Edward Cotter Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2022 2:19 AM To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net ; backuppc-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: Mindas Berzonskis ; Charles Chang ; Scott Armit ; Chaminda Delpagodage Subject: [BackupPC-users] HEL

[BackupPC-users] HELP - FW: BackupPC administrative attention needed

2022-03-24 Thread Edward Cotter
Hello backuppc support, New user to your mailing list and completely new to the product. As Senior IT Admin - tasked with resolving issues with our existing backup solution through your software. These alerts are coming out everyday for our company - looking for basic guidance and direction wi

Re: [BackupPC-users] help! RsyncClientCmd howto in 4.3

2020-02-21 Thread Move your body
thanks Kris with your encouragement I managed a fix I changed $Conf{BackupFilesOnly} to use $Conf{RsyncShareName} also using as you suggested $Conf{XferMethod} = 'rsync'; $Conf{RsyncSshArgs} = [   '-e',   '$sshPath -x -l UserOne' ]; That worked , so thankfully I can use this BackupPC versi

Re: [BackupPC-users] help! RsyncClientCmd howto in 4.3

2020-02-18 Thread Kris Lou via BackupPC-users
Mine is pretty much stock. config.pl snippet # # Ssh arguments for rsync to run ssh to connect to the client. # Rather than permit root ssh on the client, it is more secure # to just allow ssh via a low-privileged user, and use sudo # in $Conf{RsyncClientPath}. # # This setting only matters if $C

[BackupPC-users] help! RsyncClientCmd howto in 4.3

2020-02-18 Thread Move your body
I have to redo an offsite backup server running since 2015. The OS disk died. I am fine with just making new backups, what I really do not have time for is reinventing the client backup configs. Can anyone help me? I found https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/issues/132 , so I know I am not

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help with monthly schedule configuration

2017-11-16 Thread Ray Frush
The incremental period of 0.97 results in a daily backup, so that's probably what you want to keep. My schedule ends up giving you something like this: ~32 daily backups + a couple of older ones just in case you need an older file. Backup# Type Filled Level Start Date Duration/mins Age/days 0

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help with monthly schedule configuration

2017-11-16 Thread Gerald Brandt
On 2017-11-16 03:16 AM, Jamie Burchell wrote: Thanks Ray I’ll be honest, I still don’t understand those settings after re-reading several times. What should the incremental period be here 0.97 I’m also only interested in one month’s worth, so can that schedule be simplified? Jamie H

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help with monthly schedule configuration

2017-11-16 Thread Jamie Burchell
Thanks Ray I’ll be honest, I still don’t understand those settings after re-reading several times. What should the incremental period be here 0.97 I’m also only interested in one month’s worth, so can that schedule be simplified? Jamie ---

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help with monthly schedule configuration

2017-11-15 Thread Ray Frush
Jamie- Another source of advice is the listserv archives. Assuming you're running BackupPC 4. If not, you'll want to upgrade! Our organization wants to keep at least one month of daily backups Here's a snippet of a post I did on this subject the last time someone asked about schedules. The v

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help with monthly schedule configuration

2017-11-15 Thread Bzzzz
On Wed, 15 Nov 2017 22:52:26 - Jamie Burchell wrote: > I've gone with the schedule that looks correct for now and will see > what happens! Terrible things, you'll lose confidence in closed source softwares (hence, in m$ "products"), your HD will fill with many little gremlins, and finally y

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help with monthly schedule configuration

2017-11-15 Thread Jamie Burchell
Thanks for the info. I can assure you I've read the docs, many times :) I'm clearly just a bit of a slow learner... I've gone with the schedule that looks correct for now and will see what happens! -- Check out the vibran

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help with monthly schedule configuration

2017-11-15 Thread Bzzzz
On Wed, 15 Nov 2017 21:59:28 - Jamie Burchell wrote: > Hi! Ho¡ > Hoping someone can give me that “ah ha!” moment that I’m so desperately > craving after pouring over the documentation, mailing lists and various > forum posts. Jiff chops a “ah ha!” moment from the (near) field, cooks it and

[BackupPC-users] Help with monthly schedule configuration

2017-11-15 Thread Jamie Burchell
Hi! Hoping someone can give me that “ah ha!” moment that I’m so desperately craving after pouring over the documentation, mailing lists and various forum posts. I want to move from BackupPC’s default schedule to keeping ~1 month’s worth of backups, but I cannot fathom if I should: -

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help with the schedule config

2017-05-25 Thread Kris Lou
Also digging deep ... (wish we still had the old wiki!) Run/schedule a backup on a single host. BackupPC_serverMesg backup HOSTIP HOST USER 0/1 schedule backup for a host now. 0/1 0 incremental backup, 1 full backup. E.G. /usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_serverMesg backup host.example.

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help with the schedule config

2017-05-25 Thread Vladislav Kurz
On 05/25/17 10:02, Alexey Safonov wrote: > that's nice > > is there any list of all commands available in BPC ? I tried to find some reference, but found only this old post in this mailing list, which I probably used when I was solving the same problem: https://sourceforge.net/p/backuppc/mailman/

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help with the schedule config

2017-05-25 Thread Alexey Safonov
that's nice is there any list of all commands available in BPC ? Alex On 25 May 2017 at 15:55, Vladislav Kurz wrote: > On 05/24/17 14:41, Yong Zhang wrote: >> Hi, all >> >> >> >> I'm new to BackupPC, I installed v4.0 these days, but hard to understand >> schedule settings, I have some queries h

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help with the schedule config

2017-05-25 Thread Vladislav Kurz
On 05/24/17 14:41, Yong Zhang wrote: > Hi, all > > > > I'm new to BackupPC, I installed v4.0 these days, but hard to understand > schedule settings, I have some queries here: > > > > 1) I want servers to be backed up daily, but full backup only runs on > Saturday, how? Hello, I use this l

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help with the schedule config

2017-05-24 Thread Kris Lou
I'll take a stab at it. On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 5:41 AM, Yong Zhang wrote: > 1) I want servers to be backed up daily, but full backup only runs on > Saturday, how? > AFAIK, there isn't an easy way to determine when specific backups (full/incr) run. My understanding is that BackupPC runs within

[BackupPC-users] Help with the schedule config

2017-05-24 Thread Yong Zhang
Hi, all I'm new to BackupPC, I installed v4.0 these days, but hard to understand schedule settings, I have some queries here: 1) I want servers to be backed up daily, but full backup only runs on Saturday, how? 2) I want servers to have incremental backup daily for 6 days then 1 full backup, a

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help with backups of Windows clients

2017-05-22 Thread Vladislav Kurz
On 05/22/17 17:18, Juan Manuel Perrote wrote: > > > > Hello, I have problems with Windows clients, via smbclient. Hello. Long ago I have given up on smbclient and use cwRsync to backup windows -- Best Regards Vladislav Kurz --

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help with backups of Windows clients

2017-05-22 Thread Dieter Fauth
Hi, Is this backuppc V3.x? There used to be an issue with smb (smb has changed behavior). For V4 it work for sure (i use it). For V3.x I saw some update, so the latest released version should work. Dieter -- Check out th

[BackupPC-users] Help with backups of Windows clients

2017-05-22 Thread Juan Manuel Perrote
Hello, I have problems with Windows clients, via smbclient. The backup is realized, but always finish with the error --> No files dumped for share base. If I have backupc configured for two diferents shares, only the first share is backuped and later stop. Running: /usr/bin/smbclient

[BackupPC-users] Help to understand some XFerLOG messages

2017-05-03 Thread Steve Palm
Since converting to BackupPC 4, one file server seems to have gone into a continual loop of backing up over and over and over... continuously. And this server takes a long time to backup, so essentially it is always running a backup on this host. In trying to narrow it down, I looked at XFerLO

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help with configuration for Win 10 client

2017-01-18 Thread TE Dukes
From: Kenneth Porter [mailto:sh...@sewingwitch.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2017 11:18 PM To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Help with configuration for Win 10 client On 1/17/2017 4:20 PM, TE Dukes wrote: I hate I wasted your time. No time wasted

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help with configuration for Win 10 client

2017-01-17 Thread Kenneth Porter
On 1/17/2017 4:20 PM, TE Dukes wrote: I hate I wasted your time. No time wasted. I enjoy helping. You've just exceeded my knowledge, so you have to pick up the baton from here. ;) --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help with configuration for Win 10 client

2017-01-17 Thread TE Dukes
From: Kenneth Porter [mailto:sh...@sewingwitch.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2017 1:18 PM To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Help with configuration for Win 10 client On 1/17/2017 4:22 AM, tdu...@palmettoshopper.com wrote: Don't remember ge

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help with configuration for Win 10 client

2017-01-17 Thread Kenneth Porter
On 1/17/2017 4:22 AM, tdu...@palmettoshopper.com wrote: Don't remember getting the setgid error before. Also, when I try "rsync edukes1::phpbrew", I receive: r...@ts130.xxx.com:/root> rsync edukes1::phpbrew Password: @ERROR: auth failed on module phpbrew rsync error: error starting clie

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help with configuration for Win 10 client

2017-01-17 Thread tdukes
Original Message Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Help with configuration for Win 10 client From: Kenneth Porter Date: Mon, January 16, 2017 11:38 pm To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net On 1/16/2017 6:15 PM, TE Dukes wrote: Error connecting to module /phpbrew/ at

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help with configuration for Win 10 client

2017-01-17 Thread Holger Parplies
Hi, Jan Stransky wrote on 2017-01-17 09:58:21 +0100 [Re: [BackupPC-users] Help with configuration for Win 10 client]: > I have noticed this on my first BackupPC setup too. "This"? You've noticed help with configuration for Win 10 client? > Why is rsync run from host via

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help with configuration for Win 10 client

2017-01-17 Thread Jan Stransky
I have noticed this on my first BackupPC setup too. Why is rsync run from host via ssh, and doesn't use rsync's native ssh capability? Also it would be nice to change user used on host with some variable (I know I can define it, I mean accesible from web interface) There could be reasons, why s

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help with configuration for Win 10 client

2017-01-16 Thread Kenneth Porter
On 1/16/2017 6:15 PM, TE Dukes wrote: Error connecting to module/phpbrew/ at edukes1:873: Unknown module '/phpbrew/' Got fatal error during xfer (Unknown module '/phpbrew/') Backup aborted (Unknown module '/phpbrew/') In the rsyncd settings page for edukes1, the RsyncShareName should be just

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help with configuration for Win 10 client

2017-01-16 Thread TE Dukes
> -Original Message- > From: Kenneth Porter [mailto:sh...@sewingwitch.com] > Sent: Monday, January 16, 2017 8:50 PM > To: General list for user discussion, questions and support > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Help with configuration for Win 10 client > > --On Monda

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help with configuration for Win 10 client

2017-01-16 Thread Kenneth Porter
--On Monday, January 16, 2017 8:36 PM -0500 TE Dukes wrote: > $Conf{RsyncClientCmd} This applies if you're using method rsync (without the d on the end). Method rsyncd doesn't use ssh. rsync spawns an rsync server dynamically on the remote system. rsyncd assumes an rsyncd server is already ru

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help with configuration for Win 10 client

2017-01-16 Thread Kenneth Porter
--On Monday, January 16, 2017 8:36 PM -0500 TE Dukes wrote: > list = false This hides the module from module lists. Set it to true and your rsync command should show it. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus --

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help with configuration for Win 10 client

2017-01-16 Thread TE Dukes
> -Original Message- > From: Kenneth Porter [mailto:sh...@sewingwitch.com] > Sent: Monday, January 16, 2017 8:18 PM > To: General list for user discussion, questions and support > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Help with configuration for Win 10 client > > --On Monda

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help with configuration for Win 10 client

2017-01-16 Thread Kenneth Porter
--On Monday, January 16, 2017 7:47 PM -0500 TE Dukes wrote: > @RSYNCD: 31.0 > > Seems rsync is responding. So it's a configuration issue in rsyncd.conf. Perhaps the module definition isn't correct. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.co

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help with configuration for Win 10 client

2017-01-16 Thread TE Dukes
> -Original Message- > From: Kenneth Porter [mailto:sh...@sewingwitch.com] > Sent: Monday, January 16, 2017 7:30 PM > To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Help with configuration for Win 10 client > > On 1/16/2017 4:01 PM, TE D

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help with configuration for Win 10 client

2017-01-16 Thread Kenneth Porter
On 1/16/2017 4:01 PM, TE Dukes wrote: > I ran zenmap from the backuppc server to the Win10 box and port 873 is open. Enable rsync logging on the PC. (It's a setting in rsyncd.conf.) See if you get any log activity when you try to connect to it. From your BackupPC server, try a simply TCP connec

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help with configuration for Win 10 client

2017-01-16 Thread TE Dukes
> -Original Message- > From: Kenneth Porter [mailto:sh...@sewingwitch.com] > Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2017 9:20 PM > To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Help with configuration for Win 10 client > > On 1/15/2017 4:26 PM, TE Duk

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help with configuration for Win 10 client

2017-01-15 Thread Kenneth Porter
On 1/15/2017 4:26 PM, TE Dukes wrote: > I don't get the part about the 'module' Module is an rsync concept. It's like a Windows "share". In the rsync server you specify your modules under bracketed sections. On my workstations I define a [C] section in rsyncd.conf that points at C:\. Then, on m

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help with configuration for Win 10 client

2017-01-15 Thread TE Dukes
> -Original Message- > From: Jan Stransky [mailto:jan.stransky.c...@gmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2017 5:51 PM > To: General list for user discussion, questions and support > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Help with configuration for Win 10 client > > You c

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help with configuration for Win 10 client

2017-01-15 Thread TE Dukes
> -Original Message- > From: Ulf Volmer [mailto:u.vol...@u-v.de] > Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2017 2:36 PM > To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Help with configuration for Win 10 client > > On 01/15/2017 06:24 PM, TE Dukes wrote:

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help with configuration for Win 10 client

2017-01-15 Thread Jan Stransky
You can also install rsync using chocolately package manager in win10. Btw., I am wondering, if the ubuntu subsystem in win10 can help... Jan On 01/15/2017 08:36 PM, Ulf Volmer wrote: > On 01/15/2017 06:24 PM, TE Dukes wrote: > >> I'm trying to backup a Win10 client to a centos 6.8 server runnin

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help with configuration for Win 10 client

2017-01-15 Thread Ulf Volmer
On 01/15/2017 06:24 PM, TE Dukes wrote: > I'm trying to backup a Win10 client to a centos 6.8 server running backuppc. > I initially tried setting it up using smb but after days of that, thought > I'd try the cgywin-rsyncd package/route. I'm not so fammilar with cygwin, but this package should co

[BackupPC-users] Help with configuration for Win 10 client

2017-01-15 Thread TE Dukes
Hello, Been working on this for a couple days but just can't seem to get it working. I'm trying to backup a Win10 client to a centos 6.8 server running backuppc. I initially tried setting it up using smb but after days of that, thought I'd try the cgywin-rsyncd package/route. This is just a test

Re: [BackupPC-users] help installing BackupPC4.0.0alpha3.tar.gz

2015-08-04 Thread Bob of Donelson Trophy
EUREKA! After initiating your init.d script and a restart of the machine, I access the webgui via the ipaddress on my browser and it was complaining (across the top of the page) that "Error: Unable to connect to BackupPC server". Checked permissions on the /data/BackupPC/ files and they

Re: [BackupPC-users] help installing BackupPC4.0.0alpha3.tar.gz

2015-08-04 Thread Bob of Donelson Trophy
Yes, when I run them manually they do solve the problem. I understand that "checkTempFs" script that is run by what user? root? And if I understand what your saying, inserting "checkTempFs" into the /etc/init.d/backuppc startup script. But, I am confused as to where /etc/init.d/backuppc "loo

Re: [BackupPC-users] help installing BackupPC4.0.0alpha3.tar.gz

2015-08-04 Thread David Cramblett
That is a function call I added to my init script that runs the following commands: # mkdir -p /var/run/BackupPC # chown [backuppc-user]:[backuppc-group] /var/run/BackupPC You can run them manually before attempting to start BackupPC to test if it solves the problem. If it works then you can ad

Re: [BackupPC-users] help installing BackupPC4.0.0alpha3.tar.gz

2015-08-04 Thread Bob of Donelson Trophy
David, I have placed your "checkTempFs" file but it appears to not be running on restart. What directory did you place your "checkTempFs" file in? What file permissions does "checkTempFs" need? Then finally, simply insert the "checkTempFs" above the "echo -n "Starting BackupPC: " line?

Re: [BackupPC-users] help installing BackupPC4.0.0alpha3.tar.gz

2015-08-03 Thread David Cramblett
How are you currently starting BackupPC? If you doing via the daemon mode, you may want to leave off the -d and start it in the foreground so you can see the error. I'm guessing your having the issue with the temp file system I mentioned before. David Sent from my mobile device David Cramblett O

Re: [BackupPC-users] help installing BackupPC4.0.0alpha3.tar.gz

2015-08-03 Thread Bob of Donelson Trophy
I am so-o-o close to functional. When I run "ps -ef | grep BackupPC" I get only: root 2379 2344 0 21:39 pts/0 00:00:00 grep --color=auto BackupPC There is no "backuppc (bunch of numbers) /usr/bin/perl /usr/local/BackupPC/bin/BackupPC -d" like your output! Suggestions? --- _

Re: [BackupPC-users] help installing BackupPC4.0.0alpha3.tar.gz

2015-08-03 Thread David Cramblett
Comments below: On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 8:07 AM, Bob of Donelson Trophy < b...@donelsontrophy.net> wrote: > David, > > Within the BackupPC-4.0.0alpha3.tar.gz is a file to be placed at > /var/www/httpd/conf.d/ which used to create the cgi page needed to web > administer BackupPC. > > If I am unders

Re: [BackupPC-users] help installing BackupPC4.0.0alpha3.tar.gz

2015-08-03 Thread Bob of Donelson Trophy
David, Within the BackupPC-4.0.0alpha3.tar.gz is a file to be placed at /var/www/httpd/conf.d/ which used to create the cgi page needed to web administer BackupPC. If I am understanding what I am reading, this file, in conjunction with the httpd.conf file does the same as you suggested in yo

Re: [BackupPC-users] help installing BackupPC4.0.0alpha3.tar.gz

2015-07-30 Thread David Cramblett
Bob, The web server user needs to be able to access the backuppc software and daemon. You can handle this different ways (i.e. setuid, etc), but I'm always running just the backuppc daemon on my backup server. I just change the web server user and group to my backuppc user to make things easy. You

Re: [BackupPC-users] help installing BackupPC4.0.0alpha3.tar.gz

2015-07-30 Thread Bob of Donelson Trophy
I might be wrong but, there is something new and different about the httpd configuration in CentOS 7. Polite as I can . . bump . . . . anybody ? . . . . please. --- ___ Bob Wooden of Donelson Trophy 615.885.2846 www.donelsontrophy.com [1] "Everyone deserves a

Re: [BackupPC-users] help installing BackupPC4.0.0alpha3.tar.gz

2015-07-29 Thread Bob of Donelson Trophy
Having trouble finding instruction regarding how to setup CGI access for Apache on CentOS 7. Most of the instructions I am finding are for older versions. Any of those changes break httpd . . . so I remove that to return to functionality. With 'Links' installed, I can run the su -u backuppc /v

Re: [BackupPC-users] help installing BackupPC4.0.0alpha3.tar.gz

2015-07-28 Thread Bob of Donelson Trophy
Good news! Got BackupPC 4.0.0 to run!! I had a permissions issue with /data, my data (storage) directory. When I 'chown' to backuppc user, and ran "sudo -u backuppc /usr/local/BackupPC/bin/BackupPC -d" BackupPC started . . . yeah!! (Now I can go look at logfiles.) Now, I think I have an Ap

Re: [BackupPC-users] help installing BackupPC4.0.0alpha3.tar.gz

2015-07-27 Thread David Cramblett
As mentioned in a previous email, I had a problem getting backuppc to start or stay running when I first installed it. I found I had to ensure that the temp file location was created in in /var/run/BackupPC before starting the daemon. If backuppc uses a temp file location for your distro, I assume

Re: [BackupPC-users] help installing BackupPC4.0.0alpha3.tar.gz

2015-07-27 Thread Bob of Donelson Trophy
(Sorry, David. 'Hit' reply instead of "reply-all". So your getting a duplicate.) Yes, I am following the steps below. However the "./configure.sh --prefix option" suggestion to add to the rsync-bpc, I did not do as running "./configure.sh" reports that is has installed in /usr/local/bin by d

Re: [BackupPC-users] help installing BackupPC4.0.0alpha3.tar.gz

2015-07-27 Thread David Cramblett
Bob, My samba packages on CentOS 7: samba-common-4.1.12-21 samba-libs-4.1.12-21 samba-client-4.1.12-21 I just wanted to double check, your following these steps below for your backuppc install correct? # # Installation inst

Re: [BackupPC-users] help installing BackupPC4.0.0alpha3.tar.gz

2015-07-26 Thread Bob of Donelson Trophy
This is a BIG help. Thank you. I have re-installed my server with CentOS7. Resolved all (I think) my dependencies issues. Currently having some file permissions issues with Apache. My linux education continues. As I look through your file, the initial question is, what version Samba have you

Re: [BackupPC-users] help installing BackupPC4.0.0alpha3.tar.gz

2015-07-26 Thread David Cramblett
Bob, Here is my config.pl. Anything in braces{ } is data I sanitized before sharing my config file. config.pl = $Conf{ServerHost} = '{BACKUPPC_HOST}.{MY_DOMAIN}'; $Conf{ServerPort} = -1; $Conf{ServerMesgSecret} = ''; $Conf{MyPath} = '/bin'; $Conf{Umask

Re: [BackupPC-users] help installing BackupPC4.0.0alpha3.tar.gz

2015-07-25 Thread Bob of Donelson Trophy
Thanks for the reply, David. I have thought about switching distro to CentOS. I have seen other mailing posts that mention the use of it and have some experience with CentOS. (Not that I am against Ubuntu or Debian, they are my primary distros . . . no offense, anyone.) I do not have a probl

Re: [BackupPC-users] help installing BackupPC4.0.0alpha3.tar.gz

2015-07-24 Thread David Cramblett
Bob, What kind of issue are you running in to? I installed about 6-9 months ago on CentOS 7. I didn't write down any instructions though - I'm terrible about that. I only ran into a couple of issues that I can recall: 1) Dependencies - A few were missing and I had manually install them. I think t

[BackupPC-users] help installing BackupPC4.0.0alpha3.tar.gz

2015-07-24 Thread Bob of Donelson Trophy
I know this is a very general request but, I have been trying to install BackupPC4.0.0alpha3.tar,gz on Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS. It is not as simple as "Install essentials, install BackupPC-XS-0.3.0.tar.gz, install rsync-bpc-3.0.9.3.tar.gz, install BackupPC4.0.0alpha3.tar.gz., etc." I believe I ha

[BackupPC-users] Help backup windows7

2015-06-01 Thread student007
Hello comunity recently I'm starting with backup software but I have a problem. I just installed but I can not perform a backup client windows 7 I get the error "fatal error during xfer Got (No files dumped for share E :)" "Backup aborted (No files dumped for share e)" 1) the resource is shared in

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help before giving up on BackupPC

2014-05-15 Thread Adam Goryachev
On 16/05/14 10:40, Marco Nicolayevsky wrote: Tim, First off, thank you very much for your insightful and helpful approach, despite the limited information I provided. And thank you as well for being the "unpaid" mechanic (good analogy). I will try to present a detail account. Please read my

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help before giving up on BackupPC

2014-05-15 Thread Marco Nicolayevsky
Tim, First off, thank you very much for your insightful and helpful approach, despite the limited information I provided. And thank you as well for being the “unpaid” mechanic (good analogy). I will try to present a detail account. Please read my comments to your questions below: Environment:

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help before giving up on BackupPC

2014-05-15 Thread Les Mikesell
On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 10:20 AM, Timothy J Massey wrote: > > That could be related to the number of files: that's an area where rsync can > get tripped up. As you can see, I've got >1 million files, so the definition > of "too many" is pretty big. But if you had, say, 10M files, maybe that's

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help before giving up on BackupPC

2014-05-15 Thread Timothy J Massey
Marco Nicolayevsky wrote on 05/14/2014 08:47:24 PM: > Hello all, > > I am using a pretty vanilla installation of BackupPC and love the > simplicity and fact that it just works as it’s supposed to. > > My problem arises when trying to back up windows clients over rsyncd. > > I have 3 win boxe

[BackupPC-users] Help before giving up on BackupPC

2014-05-14 Thread Marco Nicolayevsky
Hello all, I am using a pretty vanilla installation of BackupPC and love the simplicity and fact that it just works as it's supposed to. My problem arises when trying to back up windows clients over rsyncd. I have 3 win boxes, all running Win7 and the rsncd server. Functionally, they perform f

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help setting up backups on HFS+ network drive

2012-08-15 Thread Arnold Krille
On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 12:58:53 -0300 Mike wrote: > On 12-08-15 12:52 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > > Does the device offer nfs as an option? If so, I'd use that > > instead of cifs. > >> Am I going about this in the wrong way? Should I be backing up to > >> this drive in a different manner? Right now,

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help setting up backups on HFS+ network drive

2012-08-15 Thread Mike
On 12-08-15 12:52 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > Does the device offer nfs as an option? If so, I'd use that instead of cifs. > >> Am I going about this in the wrong way? Should I be backing up to this drive >> in a different manner? Right now, $Conf{XferMethod} = 'tar'; but I have >> tried it set t

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help setting up backups on HFS+ network drive

2012-08-15 Thread Les Mikesell
On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 9:50 PM, rdarwish wrote: > I have tried searching for the answer to this, but could not find it, so > please do not get mad if the answer is easily located somewhere. > > I have installed and configured BackupPC on a Linux (Debian Squeeze) box, and > it works perfectly,

[BackupPC-users] Help setting up backups on HFS+ network drive

2012-08-15 Thread rdarwish
Hello, I have tried searching for the answer to this, but could not find it, so please do not get mad if the answer is easily located somewhere. I have installed and configured BackupPC on a Linux (Debian Squeeze) box, and it works perfectly, however, my true need for the backup is to have the b

Re: [BackupPC-users] help with netbios error

2011-11-18 Thread Tim Fletcher
On Fri, 2011-11-18 at 11:09 -0800, AIM Systems wrote: > Thanks for your reply Tim. > > I, too, have read this when 'Google'ing the error and have so far been ruled > it out. > Physically, there are no ethernet jacks in the walls of the office, hence the > WAPs > How does one determine if a devic

[BackupPC-users] help with netbios error

2011-11-18 Thread AIM Systems
Thanks for your reply Tim. I, too, have read this when 'Google'ing the error and have so far been ruled it out. Physically, there are no ethernet jacks in the walls of the office, hence the WAPs How does one determine if a device has multiple IPs? /bin/nmblookup only returns the one address. +

Re: [BackupPC-users] help with netbios error

2011-11-18 Thread Tim Fletcher
On Fri, 2011-11-18 at 06:51 -0800, AIM Systems wrote: > I don't get it?! What am I missing?! A quick google implies it might be related to 2 connections to the network either 2xethernet or ethernet+wireless. http://www.backupcentral.com/phpBB2/two-way-mirrors-of-external-mailing-lists-3/backup

Re: [BackupPC-users] help with netbios error

2011-11-18 Thread Les Mikesell
On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 8:51 AM, AIM Systems wrote: > > CheckHostAlive: returning 0.861 > cmdSystemOrEval: about to system /usr/bin/nmblookup -A tim > cmdSystemOrEval: finished: got output Looking up status of 10.30.6.7 >        WORKGROUP       <00> - B >        TIM             <00> -         B

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