elrich wrote at about 08:38:40 -0800 on Tuesday, January 15, 2013: > "he problem (likely) is that ssh logs in as the SYSTEM (or equivalent) > user that doesn't have permission to run vss.exe. I get around that by > using a recursion script to escalate privileges via 'at'. I imagine > perhaps that winexe allows for direct launching of vss.ex. " > > I created a windows user named backupPC who is in the administrator group > and the ssh logs me as backupPC. > > My teach wants us to use cygwin or some equivalent software, guess I'll have > to use cygwin. > > I'm kinda stuck right now. > > I installed cygwin on my windows server. When using cygwin I'm atomatically > logged in as backupPC (backupPC@serverName), which means that I'll appear as > cyg_server which is a memeber of administrators.
Just because cyg_server is a member of administrators does not mean that ssh login has that capability. You can try it yourself... try to launch VSS from within a (remote) ssh shell login. > > On my backupserver I tried to open an ssh tunel by doing this : > -log in as bakuppc user > - created rsa key in ~/.ssh/ > - cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | ssh backupPC@windows_server_ip "cd .ssh && cat - > >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys" > - I then do a ssh manually : ssh bakcupPC@windows_server_ip > - I do this once again and I don't have to put in my password which means > that the tunnel works right? > > to be sure I tried a ssh -l backupPC@windows_server_ip which sais I was the > user cyg_serv i think (though I log in as backupPC i guess it is normal to > be loged in as cyg_serv since it is th user dealing with the ssh bridge?) > > Yet when I try to backup my windows server I always get two errors depending > on my modifications : > -> Got fatal error during xfer (Unable to read 4 bytes) > or : > -> Got fatal error during xfer (fileListReceive failed) > > here's my configuration : > XFerMethod : rsync > RsyncShareName : /sygdrive/c/xdx (<--just to do my tests) > RsyncClientPath : /usr/bin/rsync (<= I must be wrong but I didn't find a > rsync.exe on my windows, just a something/bash_completion.d/rsync) > RsyncClientCmd : $sshPath -q -x -l backupPC $host $rsyncPath $argList+ > RsyncClientRestoreCmd : $sshPath -q -x -l backupPC $host $rsyncPath $argList+ > > NmbLookupCmd : $nmbLookupPath -A $host > > My error change if I modify backupPC by backuppc in RsyncClientCmd (backupPC > being a user on my windows server and backuppc being the one created > automatically on my backup server) > > I'm sorry for my poor english > > Thank you once again for helping me! > > +---------------------------------------------------------------------- > |This was sent by elrich.edw...@gmail.com via Backup Central. > |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. > +---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Master SQL Server Development, Administration, T-SQL, SSAS, SSIS, SSRS > and more. Get SQL Server skills now (including 2012) with LearnDevNow - > 200+ hours of step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. > SALE $99.99 this month only - learn more at: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122512 > _______________________________________________ > 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/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Master Java SE, Java EE, Eclipse, Spring, Hibernate, JavaScript, jQuery and much more. Keep your Java skills current with LearnJavaNow - 200+ hours of step-by-step video tutorials by Java experts. SALE $49.99 this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122612 _______________________________________________ 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/
