Glad to know you got it working. Any reason you don't want to use rsync?
IIRC I built rsync from source because of the issues with the version that
ships with macOS.
Robert Trevellyan
On Sun, Jan 22, 2023 at 7:17 PM Samual Flossie <fw664...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Robert - thanks for the suggestion. suggestion works great!
>
> I got backuppc working with the mac's.
> XferMethod: tar
> TarShareName: /Users/*theuser*
> TarClientPath: /usr/bin/tar
> TarClientCmd: $sshPath -q -x -n -l *theuser* $host env LC_ALL=C $tarPath
> -c -v -f - -C $shareName+ --totals
> TarClientRestoreCmd: $sshPath -q -x -l *theuser* $host env LC_ALL=C
> $tarPath -x -p --numeric-owner --same-owner -v -f - -C $shareName+
>
> On Sun, Jan 22, 2023 at 10:06 AM Robert Trevellyan <
> robert.trevell...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> For the ping issue you could try something like:
>> $Conf{PingPath} = '/usr/bin/nc'
>> $Conf{PingCmd} = '$pingPath -w 1 -z $host 22'
>>
>> Robert Trevellyan
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 22, 2023 at 9:55 AM Samual Flossie <fw664...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I have several new mac's to add to the backups and have not been able to
>>> get them backing up. Prefer to use rsync.
>>> This is existing backuppc 4.4.0 that has been running for a year+ and
>>> successfully works with linux and windows boxes.
>>>
>>> I can ssh successfully from backuppc server. ssh -l username clientip
>>> I set RsyncSshArgs to include $sshPath -l username for that clientIP and
>>> the scope of the backup is that user's files.
>>>
>>> XferMethod is rsync.
>>> I tried using the existing mac rsync (/usr/bin/rsync) but
>>> get errors in the log:
>>>
>>> bpc_attrib_backwardCompat: WriteOldStyleAttribFile = 0, KeepOldAttribFiles
>>> = 0
>>> 2023-01-22 09:40:17 full backup started for directory /Users/username
>>> 2023-01-22 09:40:19 Got fatal error during xfer (rsync error: error in
>>> rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(226) [Receiver=3.1.3.0])
>>> 2023-01-22 09:40:24 Backup aborted (rsync error: error in rsync protocol
>>> data stream (code 12) at io.c(226) [Receiver=3.1.3.0])
>>> 2023-01-22 09:40:24 Removing empty backup #0
>>> 2023-01-22 09:40:24 BackupPC_backupDelete: removing #0
>>> 2023-01-22 09:40:24 BackupPC_backupDelete: No prior backup for merge
>>> 2023-01-22 09:40:24 BackupPC_refCountUpdate: computing totals for host
>>> theClientIP
>>> 2023-01-22 09:40:24 BackupPC_refCountUpdate: host theClientIP got 0 errors
>>> (took 0 secs)
>>> 2023-01-22 09:40:24 BackupPC_refCountUpdate total errors: 0
>>> 2023-01-22 09:40:24 BackupPC_backupDelete: got 0 errors
>>> 2023-01-22 09:40:24 Finished BackupPC_backupDelete, status = 0 (running
>>> time: 0 sec)
>>>
>>> Maybe I've got a flag wrong in RsyncSshArgs or RsyncArgs or the other Full
>>> and Inc variables. No overrides.
>>>
>>>
>>> Some googling and saw concerns that rsync version may have compatibility
>>> issues. Currently installed /usr/bin/rsync version 2.6.9 protocol version
>>> 29.
>>>
>>> I installed updated rsync via brew on one the mac and now
>>> have /opt/homebrew/Cellar/rsync/3.2.7/bin/rsync. I set RsyncClientPath
>>> to /opt/homebrew/Cellar/rsync/3.2.7/bin/rsync and tried again and see same
>>> error.
>>>
>>> 2023-01-22 09:17:45 Got fatal error during xfer (rsync error: error in
>>> rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(226) [Receiver=3.1.3.0])
>>> 2023-01-22 09:17:50 Backup aborted (rsync error: error in rsync protocol
>>> data stream (code 12) at io.c(226) [Receiver=3.1.3.0]
>>>
>>>
>>> Since ping is disabled by default on ventura, I alleviate that check by
>>> override $PingCmd to $pingPath -c 1 127.0.0.1. If you have suggestion on
>>> better way to verify mac is online in an office environment, please share.
>>>
>>> Sammy
>>>
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