Re: [BackupPC-users] Windows Vista rsync

2008-08-29 Thread dan
a simpler solution is to use the free program Deltacopy, which is a nice packaging of rsync with a GUI. You install it and then set it up to run as a service as the admin user. You may select the directories to backup via a GUI and start and stop the service via the GUI. This option works perfec

Re: [BackupPC-users] Windows Vista rsync

2008-08-29 Thread Allen
Jean-Michel Beuken uclouvain.be> writes: > > > Hello, > I want to share my little experiment with Vi$ta... > Related with backup of Vista client with rsyncd, you must pay attention > of the  "junction points" > (http://www.svrops.com/svrops/articles/jpoints.htm > ) and > the filesystem organi

Re: [BackupPC-users] Windows Vista rsync

2008-08-07 Thread Jean-Michel Beuken
Hello, I want to share my little experiment with Vi$ta... Related with backup of Vista client with rsyncd, you must pay attention of the "junction points" (http://www.svrops.com/svrops/articles/jpoints.htm ) and the filesystem organisation of Vista (http://mutable.net/blog/archive/2008/03/31/

Re: [BackupPC-users] Windows Vista rsync

2008-08-07 Thread Rob Owens
Strange. I use the rsyncd/cygwin dll package from the BackupPC website and I can use paths like c:\Users just fine. Oh well. Glad you got it working. -Rob Mark Maciolek wrote: > hi, > > That was it I changed the path line to the suggested below and it is now > working. > > Thank you. > >

Re: [BackupPC-users] Windows Vista rsync

2008-08-07 Thread Mark Maciolek
hi, That was it I changed the path line to the suggested below and it is now working. Thank you. Mark Alexandre - ArchivTech wrote: > Which version of rsync are you using ? :D > > i only know one using cygwin dll, then, path looks like : > path = /cygdrive/c > > Then for you may look like :

Re: [BackupPC-users] Windows Vista rsync

2008-08-07 Thread Alexandre - ArchivTech
Which version of rsync are you using ? :D i only know one using cygwin dll, then, path looks like : path = /cygdrive/c Then for you may look like : path = /cygdrive/c/Users Hope this helps. - Alexandre BLANC Responsable SI - Ingénierie systèmes et réseaux IT Manager - Information Systems Net

Re: [BackupPC-users] Windows Vista rsync

2008-08-07 Thread Rob Owens
Can you try copying the conf file to a Windows XP machine? That way we'll know if the problem is the OS or the conf file. Mark Maciolek wrote: > hi, > > That was a typo in the email in the config file it is = > > Mark > > Rob Owens wrote: >> I see a syntax error, but I don't know if that woul

Re: [BackupPC-users] Windows Vista rsync

2008-08-07 Thread Mark Maciolek
hi, That was a typo in the email in the config file it is = Mark Rob Owens wrote: > I see a syntax error, but I don't know if that would cause your problem. > you have "list - false" instead of "list = false" > > Mark Maciolek wrote: >> hi, >> >> Having issue with rsync on Vista to use Backup

Re: [BackupPC-users] Windows Vista rsync

2008-08-07 Thread Rob Owens
I see a syntax error, but I don't know if that would cause your problem. you have "list - false" instead of "list = false" Mark Maciolek wrote: > hi, > > Having issue with rsync on Vista to use BackupPC. > > from rsyncd.conf > [cDrive] >path= c:/Users >auth users = mlm >secrets fi

[BackupPC-users] Windows Vista rsync

2008-08-07 Thread Mark Maciolek
hi, Having issue with rsync on Vista to use BackupPC. from rsyncd.conf [cDrive] path= c:/Users auth users = mlm secrets file = c:/rsyncd/rsyncd.secrets strict modes = false read only = false list - false From log file: 2008-08-06 15:28:09 Got fatal error during xfer (Unknown