Re: [BackupPC-users] RsyncdUserName missing in client config

2008-05-27 Thread Peter
Thanks for the update. Peter - Original message - From: "Craig Barratt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Peter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "BackupPC User List" Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 17:02:40 -0700 Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] RsyncdUserName missing in client config Peter writes: > When I went

Re: [BackupPC-users] RsyncdUserName missing in client config

2008-05-27 Thread Craig Barratt
Peter writes: > When I went to the client config file I could not see the username field > either. It's a trivial bug in 3.0.0, fixed in 3.1.0. Craig - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Micr

Re: [BackupPC-users] Rsync to Windows client very slow

2008-05-27 Thread Stephen Joyce
On Tue, 27 May 2008, Jonathan Dill wrote: > I can think of other cases where "push" might work better than "pull" > either for security or network topology. I suppose if you have a fast > enough WAN connection, you could even use something like FileZilla and > SFTP (ftp over ssh) to "push" a back

Re: [BackupPC-users] Rsync to Windows client very slow

2008-05-27 Thread Jonathan Dill
On May 27, 2008, at 4:55 PM, Kurt Jasper wrote: > Jonathan Dill wrote: > >> SyncBackSE can make use of Shadow Copy and can usually backup files >> that would be skipped by rsync, it is also very efficient, especially >> when using FastBackup mode. > > Thanks for mentioning FastBackup. > > I won't

Re: [BackupPC-users] dumb-down the CGI interface

2008-05-27 Thread dan
good to start with an O'Reilys book on CGI. Either that or google it up. I don't have any specific recommendation for you though. On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 11:15 AM, Rob Owens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Could you recommend a good starting place for me to do some reading on cgi? > > -Rob > > dan

Re: [BackupPC-users] Using cron for backup scheduling.

2008-05-27 Thread Tino Schwarze
On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 05:04:58PM -0500, Frederick Reeve wrote: > So my question is, is there a command that can be run that will show the > backup properly in the web interface? Both as in progress and make the log > files? Quoting an older Mail: BackupPC_serverMesg backup HOSTIP HOST U

[BackupPC-users] Using cron for backup scheduling.

2008-05-27 Thread Frederick Reeve
Hello I have what I hope will be a simple question. I am using cron to schedule backups of may of our machines. I'm using cron because its easier in some cases than using BackupPCs interface. The command line I currently use to run backups is something like this: ${backuppc_path}/bin/BackupPC

[BackupPC-users] Wrong user/permission in dump

2008-05-27 Thread Marcel Meckel
Hi, i'm running BackupPC to backup the local machine and might have discovered a bug regarding wrong owner/permissions of directories/files created by BackupPC_dump. uid(myuser) = 1000 gid(myuser) = 1000 uid(backuppc) = 1003 gid(backuppc) = 1003 Owner/permissions in filesystem: # ls -lnd

Re: [BackupPC-users] Rsync to Windows client very slow

2008-05-27 Thread Kurt Jasper
Jonathan Dill wrote: > SyncBackSE can make use of Shadow Copy and can usually backup files > that would be skipped by rsync, it is also very efficient, especially > when using FastBackup mode. Thanks for mentioning FastBackup. I won't use FastBackup because: 1) it's not opensource 2) I can

Re: [BackupPC-users] dumb-down the CGI interface

2008-05-27 Thread Rob Owens
Could you recommend a good starting place for me to do some reading on cgi? -Rob dan wrote: > I think that you can do this without too much difficulty. just read up > on cgi a little bit. as long as you dont alter the scripts and just > mess with the layout and add or remove things you should

Re: [BackupPC-users] I want run BackupPC 3.1.0 on root user

2008-05-27 Thread Rob Owens
In this case, will installing BackupPC 3.1 overwrite the existing /etc/backuppc.conf file? If not, then that will need some attention, because the conf file from the 2.x days is slightly different. -Rob dan wrote: > you dont even need to uninstall. > > apt-get install backuppc > then download

Re: [BackupPC-users] I want run BackupPC 3.1.0 on root user

2008-05-27 Thread Rob Owens
Nils Breunese (Lemonbit) wrote: > Rob Owens wrote: > >> Nils Breunese (Lemonbit) wrote: >>> Rob Owens wrote: >>> Hi Sam. I saw that you have had some trouble with your Debian / BackupPC installation. I have BackupPC running on a few Debian servers right now. 1 is Debian Et