Rsync + Windows 7 - backing up to linux server
Greetings, I have successfully been using rsync to backup my Linux desktop and laptop for several years. My current goal is to automatically backup a Windows 7 desktop to a linux server using rsync. I've found guidance here: http://www.gaztronics.net/rsync.php I have installed Cygwin along with the rsync option. For the Windows 7 machine I've written a short batch file who's critical line reads as follows: c:\cygwin\bin\rsync -vrtz -e c:\cygwin\bin\ssh -i /home/someuser/.ssh/id_rsa /cygdrive/b someu...@leeloo:/var/backup/arrakis It almost works as intended. I can run it from the Windows 7 machine by doubleclicking the file, or running it from a Command window. In either case, I need to be authenticated by my Linux machine. I would like to have the script run automatically from Windows 7 Task scheduler w/o having to sit there and authenticate the process. The Gaztronics article suggests a process; to that end I've modified the above line to read: c:\cygwin\bin\rsync -vrtz -e c:\cygwin\bin\ssh -i /home/hanya/.ssh/id_rsa --password-file=c:\cygwin\secret /cygdrive/b deck...@leeloo::arrakis However, I'm still required to authenticate. And I get the following errors/noise: rsync: unable to open configuration file rsyncd.conf: No such file or directory rsync error: syntax or usage error (code 1) at clientserver.c(498) rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes received so far) [sender] rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at /home/lapo/packaging/rsync-3.0.7-1/src/rsync-3.0.7/io.c(601) [sender=3.0.7] However, there is a rsyncd.conf file at the both the client and the server end. Any help would be appreciated greatly. Much thanks. Max Pyziur p...@brama.com -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: Rsync + Windows 7 - backing up to linux server
Max Pyziur wrote: Greetings, I have successfully been using rsync to backup my Linux desktop and laptop for several years. My current goal is to automatically backup a Windows 7 desktop to a linux server using rsync. I've found guidance here: http://www.gaztronics.net/rsync.php I have installed Cygwin along with the rsync option. For the Windows 7 machine I've written a short batch file who's critical line reads as follows: c:\cygwin\bin\rsync -vrtz -e c:\cygwin\bin\ssh -i /home/someuser/.ssh/id_rsa /cygdrive/b someu...@leeloo:/var/backup/arrakis The above does not look right. The path to the key would need to be on the machine calling rsync, in other words the Windows box. That being said /home/someuser/.ssh/id_rsa wouldnt be the correct path. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: Rsync + Windows 7 - backing up to linux server
On Sun, 22 Aug 2010, Larry Brower wrote: Max Pyziur wrote: Greetings, I have successfully been using rsync to backup my Linux desktop and laptop for several years. My current goal is to automatically backup a Windows 7 desktop to a linux server using rsync. I've found guidance here: http://www.gaztronics.net/rsync.php I have installed Cygwin along with the rsync option. For the Windows 7 machine I've written a short batch file who's critical line reads as follows: c:\cygwin\bin\rsync -vrtz -e c:\cygwin\bin\ssh -i /home/someuser/.ssh/id_rsa /cygdrive/b someu...@leeloo:/var/backup/arrakis The above does not look right. The path to the key would need to be on the machine calling rsync, in other words the Windows box. That being said /home/someuser/.ssh/id_rsa wouldnt be the correct path. That part of the line works. Until I generated the correct key (ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 2048), I kept getting error messages that the key couldn't be found. This isn't the problem. The problem is that the backup machine (a Linux box) requests authentication from the Windows 7 machine when the Windows 7 machine initiates the rsync script to backup contents to the linux box. Max Pyziur p...@brama.com -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: Rsync + Windows 7 - backing up to linux server
On 08/22/2010 10:50 PM, Max Pyziur wrote: A couple things to try maybe .. (i) run ssh-agent on the windows box (its in cygwin too I think) - human auth to that and then run script (not sure if this is ok for your needs or not) (ii) fully automatic no human auth required - you'd need to (create and ) use raw unencrypted key and put the pub part as usual in the authenticated_keys file on linux machine ... if the key is encrypted then a human will be asked for a pass phrase - whether its cached in the agent or not. gene/ -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
