Re: [BackupPC-users] .htaccess protect the CGI interface

2011-03-07 Thread Tyler J. Wagner
On Mon, 2011-03-07 at 15:32 -0600, Janet Newlands wrote: > Quick question: > > I installed backuppc on my ubuntu server and am using that to back up > my other servers via rsync. It works great! > > I can get to the CGI interface by typing http://[myservername]/backuppc > where I get a logi

Re: [BackupPC-users] .htaccess protect the CGI interface

2011-03-07 Thread Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom
On 03/07 03:32 , Janet Newlands wrote: > I can get to the CGI interface by typing http://[myservername]/backuppc where > I get a login prompt. If I want to protect that page with an .htaccess > file, what is the actual path to the web executable? The docs say > /usr/share/backuppc/cgi-bin/Bac

[BackupPC-users] .htaccess protect the CGI interface

2011-03-07 Thread Janet Newlands
Quick question: I installed backuppc on my ubuntu server and am using that to back up my other servers via rsync. It works great! I can get to the CGI interface by typing http://[myservername]/backuppc where I get a login prompt. If I want to protect that page with an .htaccess file, wha

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC Basics

2011-03-07 Thread hansbkk
On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 11:49 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > On the other hand, if you have a specific question or run into a problem > while trying to follow the installation instructions I think you will find > that people are more than willing to help. Absolutely - my point is the "don't complain'

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC Basics

2011-03-07 Thread Tyler J. Wagner
On Mon, 2011-03-07 at 23:19 +0700, hans...@gmail.com wrote: > Many people are so "religious" about open source that they interpret a > (IMO perfectly valid in certain circumstances) suggestion to use COTS > software as an insult to the recipient. Sometimes such a suggestion is > meant that way, e.g

[BackupPC-users] Restore shows 2 xferErrs

2011-03-07 Thread Joe Konecny
Anyone? Hello... Switching from Amanda. Testing my new Backuppc install. - I should have mentioned... This is Backuppc 3.1.0 running on Ubuntu server 10.10 backing up and restoring to a FreeBSD 5.2.1 machine. When I ran a restore for 1 file this morning my host log shows... 2011-03-04 09

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC Basics

2011-03-07 Thread Les Mikesell
On 3/7/2011 10:19 AM, hans...@gmail.com wrote: > > My two cents to the OP - In the open-source world, if you think > something's missing don't complain - jump in there and do it yourself, > or sponsor someone else to do it. On the other hand, if you have a specific question or run into a problem

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC Basics

2011-03-07 Thread Michael Hughes
On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 10:19 AM, wrote: ... > My two cents to the OP - In the open-source world, if you think > something's missing don't complain - jump in there and do it yourself, > or sponsor someone else to do it. This was going to be my first response as well. But I have to admit I found m

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC Basics

2011-03-07 Thread Steve
On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 11:19 AM, wrote: > On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 10:30 PM, Cesar Kawar wrote: >> I'm sorry if I've been rude in my last mail. >> Again, I don't try to be rude, so if it sound a bit "snarky", I'm really >> sorry. >> And, please, excuse my English, I'm from Spain. > > Your Englis

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC Basics

2011-03-07 Thread hansbkk
On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 10:30 PM, Cesar Kawar wrote: > I'm sorry if I've been rude in my last mail. > Again, I don't try to be rude, so if it sound a bit "snarky", I'm really > sorry. I for one didn't find your comment "snarky" at all. Many people are so "religious" about open source that they i

Re: [BackupPC-users] No pool?

2011-03-07 Thread Les Mikesell
On 3/7/2011 8:27 AM, Scott wrote: > So I have backuppc working for basic backup of some smb (winxp) > machines. However, I can not tell if there is any data de-duplication > going on - is there something I have to do to get that going? > > My status screen shows: > > * The servers PID is 977,

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC Basics

2011-03-07 Thread Cesar Kawar
I'm sorry if I've been rude in my last mail. I've been using BackupPC for years and never thought the documentation was not sufficiently good. I understand there is no ssh, tar, rsync or samba documentation in backupPC's project, but, is it really the place to look for that information? There

Re: [BackupPC-users] No pool?

2011-03-07 Thread Tyler J. Wagner
On Mon, 2011-03-07 at 09:27 -0500, Scott wrote: > So I have backuppc working for basic backup of some smb (winxp) > machines. However, I can not tell if there is any data de-duplication > going on - is there something I have to do to get that going? How long has your install been running? The poo

[BackupPC-users] No pool?

2011-03-07 Thread Scott
So I have backuppc working for basic backup of some smb (winxp) machines. However, I can not tell if there is any data de-duplication going on - is there something I have to do to get that going? My status screen shows: - The servers PID is 977, on host backuppc, version 3.1.0, started at 3/

Re: [BackupPC-users] how to set drive letters by host?

2011-03-07 Thread Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom
On 03/06 09:34 , SSzretter wrote: > Is it possible to specify drive letters per host for smb?For example, I > want to back up c$ for machinea, c$, d$ for machineb, and c$,e$ for > machinec ? Is this possible/how? If your machine is called 'foo.bar.tld' in your /etc/backuppc/hosts file, t