On 3/25/2010 8:36 AM, Sorin Srbu wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Sorin Srbu [mailto:sorin.s...@orgfarm.uu.se]
>> Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2010 11:27 AM
>> To: 'General list for user discussion, questions and support'
>> Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Trouble setting up backup to a Windows host
>>
>>>>> [...]
>> As for rsync, would this howto,
>> http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/backuppc/index.php?title=CommonConfigurati
>> onIssues#Howto_backup_a_Windows_Client_using_rsyncd,
>> be a good start, or is there something better I should look at?
>
> Installed rsyncd to the Win-machine and the services now run. In BPC I set it
> to use rsyncd and the RsyncdUserName and ditto password to one of the local
> accounts with access to the folders I want to backup.
>
> The RsyncShareName I entered as /cygdrive/e/users/, which is where the user
> folders are located. I tested that the $ RsyncdUserName really has access to
> /cygdrive/e/users/.
>
> Now BPC says as follows, from the BPC Log file:
>
> 2010-03-25 14:30:57 full backup started for directory /cygdrive/e/users/
> 2010-03-25 14:30:57 Got fatal error during xfer (Unknown module
> '/cygdrive/e/users/')
> 2010-03-25 14:31:02 Backup aborted (Unknown module '/cygdrive/e/users/')
>
> I'm not sure what it means by unknown module. Has this something to do with
> the rsyncd.conf on the Win-client?
Are you confusing rsync and rsyncd? With rsync, you start the remote
rsync via ssh and it sees the whole remote filesystem from the
perspective of a remote user. You can test access from the backuppc
server with a command line like 'rsync -av u...@host:/path' If you
don't specify a destination, you should see a directory listing (and
current versions have an implied -essh argument). With rsyncd, the
program is run as a daemon/service and only the paths explicitly
mentioned in rsyncd.conf are exposed by their module names. You can
test this with a command like 'rsync -av host::module' (note double colon).
--
Les Mikesell
lesmikes...@gmail.com
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