Cory Rivera wrote:
> Rob,
>
> Thanks! That was exactly the problem - I ran regedit, searched the registry
> for 'cygwin' and kept "finding next", deleting each key tied to Cygwin. Then
> I ran rsyncd.exe inside C:\rsyncd, went to Services and started the rsyncd
> service and BackupPC was able to do a successful backup.
>
> Now to get rsyncd to run at startup, can I just leave the service set to
> automatic? Or should I run cygrunsrv.exe then service.bat?
>
Yes, leave it set to automatic and it should run at startup. You'd
better test it, though, because I'm not a windows expert.
> Secondly, I know each host computer to be backed up can be accessed by
> assigning rsyncd to listen on a different port on each computer then
> forwarding those ports to each each specific computer from the router (as
> suggested by you earlier). However, since each computer has the same host
> name, how do I set up BackupPC for multiple computers using the same host
> name? (Since each host computer would need their own config.pl to assign a
> different rsyncd port)
>
Give each computer a unique hostname, and then for each computer set
$Conf{ClientNameAlias} = router; That will allow you to have separate
config files for each machine, even though on the network they are all
defined as 'router'.
> Lastly, and this is just a reminder to anyone who might read this post -
> don't forget to set "read only = false" in rsyncd.conf or else you won't be
> able to restore your backups to that share... I made that mistake and got an
> "Unable to read 4 bytes" error.
>
> Rob, I can't thank you enough for providing such thorough assistance.
>
> Cory
No problem. Others on the list have helped me a lot, so I try to "pass
it on" when I can.
-Rob
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