Answering my own question: I created a backup user "backupguy" on the Windows AD domain, and added that user to the built-in group "Backup Operators". Then I set uid = backupguy in rsyncd.conf. It looks like my permissions problems are now a thing of the past.
-Rob Rob Owens wrote: > Cory, > > After reading your post, I realized I wasn't sure which user was doing > the backups. Turns out I hadn't specified it, so I set uid = > administrator and that fixed it. > > I wonder if there's a better user to specify than administrator. Is uid > = administrator a security issue? > > -Rob > > Cory Rivera wrote: > >> Rob, >> >> Hopefully I have a chance to help you out like you did for me. >> >> I don't know how much of an issue security is for you, but for the shares >> that I back up I set "Full Control" under the Security tab in the properties >> menu for the user that is allowed to do the backups. Also, under the >> "Sharing" tab I set the Permissions to "Full Control" for the backup user. >> >> Hopefully this solves the problem - and you can always go back and modify >> the permissions to tighten security later. >> >> Cory >> >> Rob Owens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: BackupPC saved my butt today. I >> accidentally deleted about 10 GB of >> data from a network drive, and restored it in about 10 minutes. >> However, the restore process has hung and BackupPC says "backup in >> progress". >> >> I'm using rsyncd on Windows. I performed a direct restore. The last >> line of the rsyncd.log file shows "rsync: rename >> "path/to/file/.Thumbs.db.qfnb1B" -> "path/to/file/Thumbs.db": permission >> denied (13) >> >> Anything that I don't have permission to restore, I probably didn't have >> permission to delete in the first place. I suspect all the deleted >> files have been restored, but I'd like to convince BackupPC to continue >> through the rest of the restoration just in case. How can I do that? >> And how can I overcome the "permission denied" error in the future? >> >> Thanks. >> >> -Rob >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. >> Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. >> Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. >> Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ >> _______________________________________________ >> BackupPC-users mailing list >> BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users >> http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ >> >> >> >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
