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
> Since the testing, I've moved on to another issue that was brought to my
> attention during the work to get BackupPC working: Fedora was probably not
> the best distribution of Linux to run a server function. While working with
> other distro's, I goofed and trashed my perfectly running system.
From: Tino Schwarze [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 4:36 AM
To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] I broke perfection ...
> Since the testing, I've moved on to another issue that was brought to my
> attention during the work to
On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 10:58:41AM -0500, Kenneth L. Owen wrote:
> 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 fro
Kenneth L. Owen wrote:
> 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 fu
-bash-3.2$
Does it matter if the BackupPC service is running? I think it was stopped
when I created the keys this time.
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From: Rob Owens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 10:30 AM
To: General list for user discussion,questions and support
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root" on
that server.
> Does it matter if the BackupPC service is running? I think it was stopped
> when I created the keys this time.
>
No, that doesn't matter.
So what's the problem you're having again? The only error message I see
is "ABORTED DUE TO FAILURE"
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
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 ask for a password or pass-phrase, but only respond
> 'root'
an without a
hitch, and I simply got a response of 'root' to the whoami command. -- ken
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From: Les Mikesell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 3:38 PM
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Kenneth L. Owen wrote:
>
> I have answered yes to the prompt to accept the key and immediately get
> asked for a password. I have tried entering the password thinking that it
> might be 'just this once', but when I rerun the command, I am prompted for
> the password again. When I set this up bef
Hi,
Kenneth L. Owen wrote on 2008-12-03 13:19:30 -0500 [Re: [BackupPC-users] I
broke perfection ...]:
> [...]
> 1.Before I started setting up pass-phraseless keys for BackupPC, I had
> already created ssh keys that would allow me to log in remotely between the
> two Linux wor
Hi all,
> > I have answered yes to the prompt to accept the key and immediately get
> > asked for a password. I have tried entering the password thinking that it
> > might be 'just this once', but when I rerun the command, I am prompted for
> > the password again. When I set this up before, this
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> Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] I broke perfection ...
>
> Kenneth L. Owen wrote:
>> The problem is that when all is working properly, and I run the comman
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