I don’t know if this will help you, but this is how I backup my Macs.
Created a template for backing up Macs. The file is called
/etc/BackupPC/pc/macs.corpnet.com.pl.template
Copy this file to /etc/BackupPC/pc/computername.corpnet.com.pl
Edit the file and change the following line to include the proper hostname
or IP
$Conf{ClientNameAlias} = 'macs.corpnet.com';
On the Mac, you need to go to System Preferences, Sharing, and enable
Remote Login.
SSH into the Mac using the riptide.admin account and brown password
Run the following commands
dscl . -create /Users/backuppc
dscl . -create /Users/backuppc UserShell /bin/bash
dscl . -create /Users/backuppc RealName "BackupPC"
dscl . -create /Users/backuppc UniqueID "510"
dscl . -create /Users/backuppc PrimaryGroupID 20
dscl . -create /Users/backuppc NFSHomeDirectory /Users/backuppc
dscl . -passwd /Users/backuppc brown
dscl . -append /Groups/admin GroupMembership backuppc
sudo scutil --set HostName mbp-zrawley.corpnet.com
sudo scutil --set LocalHostName mbp-zrawley.corpnet.com
sudo scutil --set ComputerName mbp-zrawley.corpnet.com
dscacheutil -flushcache
Make sure to change the computer name on the last 4 lines. Login to
backuppc.riptidesoftware.com as the user backuppc and run the following
command
cd .ssh
cat id_rsa.pub
Copy the lines that it spits out
ssh mbp-zrawley.corpnet.com <-- Change to match the client computer
you are setting up
Use the brown password
sudo -s
Use the brown password
mkdir /Users/backuppc
mkdir /Users/backuppc/.ssh
vi /Users/backupppc/.ssh/authorized_keys
Paste the lines you copied from before and save the file.
chmod -R backuppc:staff /Users/backuppc
Exit the SSH session on the client and then run the following command
ssh mbp-zrawley.corpnet.com <-- Change to match the client computer
you are setting up
Make sure that is does not ask for a password
You should now be able to backup a Mac by adding it to the hosts at
http://backuppc.riptidesoftware.com
Jeff West
Systems Engineer
Riptide Software
Office 321-296-7724 ext 216 <(321)%20296-7724>
Direct 407-542-7697 <(407)%20542-7697>
Cell 407-925-7030 <(407)%20925-7030>
www.riptidesoftware.com
*From:* Bob Katz [mailto:bobk...@digido.com]
*Sent:* Tuesday, May 30, 2017 11:28 AM
*To:* backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
*Subject:* [BackupPC-users] error log for new host
I think I've conquered the Thecus as a client and now for the next
challenging client: a macbook pro. Also via rsyncd. I have the daemon
running and what looks like a good rsyncd.conf file for the macbook pro.
I'm not using "secrets" and that seems to work as a philosophy for the
Thecus.
However, the backup starts and immediately ends with this error:
Can't open log file /var/lib/BackupPC//pc/bobs-macbook-pro.local/XferLOG.0
The thing is there are two forward slashes in this error note which
doesn't make sense. I believe the correct route should be:
/var/lib/BackupPC/pc/bobs-macbook-pro.local/XferLOG.0
What do you think went wrong?
Thanks for any help,
Bob
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