My external backup drive died recently so I bought a NAS and installed a docker with Backuppc in it and set it up to backup my Linux box. Works like a charm.
Now I want to add my Windows laptop to the list of clients. I was following this guide <https://kifarunix.com/backup-windows-system-with-backuppc-using-rsyncd/> but I get this error in the XferLOG.bad.z file: XferLOG file /data/backuppc/pc/steveoldlaptop/XferLOG.0.z created 2024-01-18 04:00:03 Backup prep: type = full, case = 1, inPlace = 1, doDuplicate = 0, newBkupNum = 0, newBkupIdx = 0, lastBkupNum = , lastBkupIdx = (FillCycle = 0, noFillCnt = ) Running: /usr/local/bin/rsync_bpc --bpc-top-dir /data/backuppc --bpc-host-name steveoldlaptop --bpc-share-name cDrive --bpc-bkup-num 0 --bpc-bkup-comp 3 --bpc-bkup-prevnum -1 --bpc-bkup-prevcomp -1 --bpc-bkup-inode0 2 --bpc-log-level 1 --bpc-attrib-new -e /usr/bin/ssh\ -l\ root --rsync-path=/usr/bin/rsync --super --recursive --protect-args --numeric-ids --perms --owner --group -D --times --links --hard-links --delete --delete-excluded --one-file-system --partial --log-format=log:\ %o\ %i\ %B\ %8U,%8G\ %9l\ %f%L --stats --checksum --timeout=72000 steveoldlaptop:cDrive/ / full backup started for directory cDrive Xfer PIDs are now 633 This is the rsync child about to exec /usr/local/bin/rsync_bpc ssh: connect to host steveoldlaptop port 22: Operation timed out rsync_bpc: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes received so far) [Receiver] Done: 0 errors, 0 filesExist, 0 sizeExist, 0 sizeExistComp, 0 filesTotal, 0 sizeTotal, 0 filesNew, 0 sizeNew, 0 sizeNewComp, 2 inode rsync error: unexplained error (code 255) at io.c(226) [Receiver=3.1.3.0] rsync_bpc exited with fatal status 255 (65280) (rsync error: unexplained error (code 255) at io.c(226) [Receiver=3.1.3.0]) Xfer PIDs are now Got fatal error during xfer (No files dumped for share cDrive) So it looks like ssh is not set up correctly on my Windows laptop. Since the guide above didn't mention anything about setting up ssh, I assumed (probably foolishly) that the rsync configuration would take care of it. I need some help debugging this, please. Steve
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