Cory Rivera wrote: > Hello all, > > A little summary of my scenario: > I'm using the latest version of BackupPC to backup Windows XP > computers that are behind routers on our network. I've set up the > client-configuration files on the Ubuntu server running BackupPC to > override the ClientNameAlias option - I've set it to the router name > for each config file. I've also overriden the ports for each file, > starting with 873 then moving to 1873, 2873, etc. assigning a > different port to each computer. I've then setup the router to > forward these ports to each computer, respecitively. However, I'm > having a problem setting up Rsyncd on each computer - I've setup > rsyncd.conf for each computer as given: > [data] > path = e:/data > comment = data share to back up > auth users = backuppc > secrets file = c:/rsyncd/rsyncd.secrets > strict modes = false > read only = false > list = false > port = 1873 (this changes according to what the server has > configured for each computer) > > I then run services.bat, and verify that the service is running. I've > set up Windows firewall to unblock port 1873 (or the respective > port). The problem is, when I go to run BackupPC I check the XferLOG > for the computer, and I get an "inet connect: Connection" refused > error on port 1873. > I've narrowed the problem down to this: > I run "netstat -a" from the Windows computer and see that TCP > computer:1873 is not even listed. However, TCP computer:873 is in the > listening state. Disabling the rsyncd service removes that line, and > enabling it brings it back. It seems that even though I specified in > rsyncd.conf, port = 1873, the daemon still listens on 873. > > Any ideas on how to resolve this issue? >
I haven't tried this myself, but I'm not completely sure that it will take a port argument in a conf file. Can you try modifying your service.bat to include "--port=1873". You'll probably need to delete and then install the service using the service.bat file. Russ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
