Hi! Just a thought: I not that there is rsyncd, not rsync, as XferMethod. Is this correct, that is, do you have the rsync daemon, not client, running in client machine? I wrongly put rsyncd there once when I meant rsync.
Magnus L Lorentz Hinrichsen skrev: > Did you ever solve this JW? > > I also can't seem to make the per-pc configuration work. > > On 12/8/06, *JW Smythe* < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > G'afternoon everyone. > > I'm having a stupid problem with BackupPC and it's per-pc > configuration. I know I've done it before at another company, but I > don't have access to their stuff any more to see what stupid thing I'm > doing. > > This is a nice fresh installation of 3.0.0beta3 > > These are from my main config.pl > > $Conf{TopDir} = '/host/backuppc_data'; > $Conf{ConfDir} = '/etc/BackupPC'; > $Conf{LogDir} = '/var/log/BackupPC'; > $Conf{InstallDir} = '/host/backuppc'; > $Conf{CgiDir} = '/host/httpd/htdocs'; > $Conf{XferMethod} = "smb"; > > I'm still trying to get the first (and most important, of course) > site to back up. It's per-pc config is at: > > /host/backuppc_data/pc/domain.com/config.pl > > which contains: > > $Conf{XferMethod} = "rsyncd"; > $Conf{RsyncdUserName = "user"; > $Conf{RsyncdPasswd} = "pass"; > $Conf{RsyncShareName} = ['CDrive', 'EDrive']; > > When the backup runs, it's still trying to use the default smb, > so I > know it's not reading the config. > > Running: /usr/bin/smbclient \\\\domain.com\\C\$ -U -E -N -d 1 -c > tarmode\ full -Tc - > full backup started for share C$ > [SNIP] > Got fatal error during xfer (No files dumped for share C$) > Backup aborted (No files dumped for share C$) > > I've made symlinks all over the place, trying to get this to work. > The real per-pc config is at > /host/backuppc_data/pc/domain.com/config.pl > > I've symlinked: > /host/backuppc_data/pc /host/backuppc/pc > > /host/backuppc_etc/pc --> /host/backuppc_data/pc > /host/backuppc/pc --> /host/backuppc_data/pc > /var/lib/backuppc --> /host/backuppc > > That last one, in turn makes /var/lib/backuppc/pc/domain.com link to > /host/backuppc_data/pc/domain.com > > I can't figure out where these stupid per-pc configs go. I have > about 20 machines to get backed up sometime soon (like, this afternoon > would have been nice, but...) Of course, each one is owned by a > different person, which needs it's own custom config, because none of > them can have the same password as another. Some will use samba, some > rsync, blah, blah, blah. > > I know it can be done. I had this working on a site with about 150 > servers. I'm at a loss to why it doesn't work this time. Maybe a bug > in 3.0.0beta3, or a change that is escaping me, or complete user > failure? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to > share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > > <http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV> > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
