Just to say that I have now solved this, the $Conf{RsyncdUserName} is set within the server config file rather than on a per host basis, does make sense now I see it.
Thanks for the couple of people who responded with suggestions. Ta John John Moorhouse wrote: > Not sure what I'm missing but if I use the CGI front end to create the > 192.168.0.12.pl config file it creates:- > > $Conf{RsyncShareName} = [ > 'dDrive' > ]; > $Conf{RsyncdPasswd} = 'tarlach'; > $Conf{XferMethod} = 'rsyncd'; > > What it does not seem to do is give me an option to set > > $Conf{RsyncdUserName} = 'backup'; > > and running with out this I get a rsynch error > > 2007-11-13 19:16:04 full backup started for directory dDrive (baseline backup > #0) > 2007-11-13 19:16:04 Got fatal error during xfer (auth failed on module dDrive) > 2007-11-13 19:16:09 Backup aborted (auth failed on module dDrive) > > > if I manually add > > $Conf{RsyncdUserName} = 'backup'; > > to the config file all is fine but I can't see a way of adding this via > the web interface. > > Ta > > John > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net > Project: 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 List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/