Re: [BackupPC-users] Return to BackupPC

2021-01-05 Thread Robert E. Wooden
On 1/5/2021 9:05 AM, backu...@kosowsky.org wrote: I don't have a BPA, but I have compiled my own bpc 4.x for Ubuntu 18.04 - with code from June 2020. I can send you the packages if you want... Sorin Srbu wrote at about 15:50:05 +0100 on Tuesday, January 5, 2021: > Hello all! > > I've been

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC 4.x on Raspberry PI?

2021-01-04 Thread Robert E. Wooden
On 1/4/2021 9:55 AM, Les Mikesell wrote: On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 9:32 AM G.W. Haywood via BackupPC-users wrote: I've tried using a 4B and gave up with it - unreliable. That was the one reservation. I think I've posted about my experience on the list, check the archives. Maybe you just have a

[BackupPC-users] Fwd: Re: Regarding $Conf{RsyncArgs}

2020-11-02 Thread Robert E. Wooden
oreArgsExtra} = [];/ Forwarded Message Subject:Re: [BackupPC-users] Regarding $Conf{RsyncArgs} Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2020 08:39:09 -0600 From: Robert E. Wooden Reply-To: General list for user discussion, questions and support To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net On 11/2/2020 7:

Re: [BackupPC-users] Regarding $Conf{RsyncArgs}

2020-11-02 Thread Robert E. Wooden
On 11/2/2020 7:47 AM, backu...@kosowsky.org wrote: Note that 'acls' and 'xattrs' only work in BackupPC 4.x not 3.x Bob Wooden wrote at about 06:25:40 -0600 on Monday, November 2, 2020: > I suspect I am about to ask a question that may have been asked before. > Sorry for any redundancy. > >

Re: [BackupPC-users] Symlink for /var/lib/BackupPC

2020-10-28 Thread Robert E. Wooden
On 10/28/2020 3:53 PM, Greg Harris wrote: Maybe sounds familiar? Try: cp -R /var/lib/BackupPC /BackupDriveLoc chown -R backuppc:backuppc /BackupDriveLoc rm -rf /var/lib/BackupPC ln -s /BackupDriveLoc /var/lib/BackupPC chcon system_u:object_r:var_lib_t:s0 /var/lib/BackupPC chcon -R

Re: [BackupPC-users] Symlink for /var/lib/BackupPC

2020-10-28 Thread Robert E. Wooden
On 10/28/2020 3:09 PM, Richard Shaw wrote: Copied or moved? If you unmount dataR6 do you still the the directories in /var/lib/BackupPC? Not that it should matter, since mounting will mask any files left in the directory :) Symbolic links should work but I've always preferred bind mounting.

Re: [BackupPC-users] Symlink for /var/lib/BackupPC

2020-10-28 Thread Robert E. Wooden
On 10/28/2020 2:48 PM, Greg Harris wrote: Dumb question:  SELinux isn’t biting you is it? Thanks, Greg Harris Good idea Greg I hadn't thought about that. I just disabled with "setenforce 0" and tried BackupPC and still the same. [root@bkppcr6 ~]# sestatus SELinux status:

[BackupPC-users] Symlink for /var/lib/BackupPC

2020-10-28 Thread Robert E. Wooden
I rebuilt a machine to update to CentOS 8 and ease upgrades because BackupPC v.4.40 (as of 2020-10-28) is available via epel & PowerTools repo per this: https://kifarunix.com/install-and-configure-backuppc-on-centos-8/ I created the symlink for /var/lib/BackupPC to connect to /dataR6 (a

Re: [BackupPC-users] [BackupPC-devel] BackupPC 4.4.0 released

2020-06-23 Thread Robert E. Wooden
On 6/23/2020 8:22 AM, Mike Hughes wrote: Thanks so much Richard! Will COPR installations auto-update via yum repository updates or do we need to specifically run a COPR update manually? I have been using COPR for a few

Re: [BackupPC-users] stumped by ssh

2012-10-13 Thread Robert E. Wooden
I still haven't figured this out so I ran the following: admin@wdnbkup01:~$ su backuppc Password: $ ssh -vvv root@bob-desktop2 OpenSSH_5.9p1 Debian-5ubuntu1, OpenSSL 1.0.1 14 Mar 2012 debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config debug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 19:

Re: [BackupPC-users] stumped by ssh

2012-10-13 Thread Robert E. Wooden
I work nights, so, last night when I got home I sent my previous email. This morning I got up early and while (software) updating my backuppc server I decided to try sudo -u backuppc /usr/share/backuppc/BackupPC_dump -v -f [clienthostname] and the client is backup as I write this. What

Re: [BackupPC-users] stumped by ssh

2012-10-13 Thread Robert E. Wooden
I'll keep this for future reference. Thanks! Robert Wooden Nashville, TN. USA Computer Freedom? . . . Linux On 10/13/2012 10:08 AM, Tyler J. Wagner wrote: On 2012-10-13 14:33, Robert E. Wooden wrote: What happened, I am asking myself. Last night I was running ssh -vvv [clienthostname

Re: [BackupPC-users] stumped by ssh

2012-10-11 Thread Robert E. Wooden
Yes, when I ran ssh -l root [clientip] whoami I was indeed backuppc user. Thanks Les Mikesell and Richard Shaw. Ray Frush, I ran admin@wdnbkup01:~$ sudo -u backuppc rsync -aP root@[myclientip]:/tmp /tmp/client [sudo] password for admin: receiving incremental file list created

Re: [BackupPC-users] stumped by ssh

2012-10-11 Thread Robert E. Wooden
Thanks everyone. I will add that I am not running SELinux nor am I running ufw (Ubuntu firewall.) I am an Ubuntu OS house. I have even considered a ssh blacklist but, I cannot find one anywhere (unless I am looking in the wrong directories.) I am beginning to consider possible hardware

[BackupPC-users] stumped by ssh

2012-10-10 Thread Robert E. Wooden
I have been using Backuppc for a few years now. Recently I upgraded my machine to newer, faster hardware. Hence, I have experience exchanging ssh keys, etc. It seems I have one client that refuses to connect via ssh. When I exchanged keys and ran ssh -l root /[clientip]/ whoami the client

Re: [BackupPC-users] I've Tried Everything

2012-02-16 Thread Robert E. Wooden
Every time I have created a new client I have to run: /sudo -u backuppc /usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_dump -v -f [insert_your_backupclient_name_here]/ This is the first suggestion at; http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/backuppc/index.php?title=Troubleshooting I am suggesting this

Re: [BackupPC-users] Getting backuppc to wol a client

2011-09-06 Thread Robert E. Wooden
I am, please post your details. Robert Wooden Nashville, TN. USA Computer Freedom? . . . Linux On 09/06/2011 12:17 AM, Michael Stowe wrote: The latter part is a fairly trivial addition to the scripts I use to invoke shadow copies ... I'll provide details (and scripts) if anybody's

Re: [BackupPC-users] Getting backuppc to wol a client

2011-09-06 Thread Robert E. Wooden
First, I created wolping.sh (notice change from .bsh to .sh) and put it into /etc/backuppc. Changed it permissions to allow execution (chmod 750 [filename].) Changed owner to backuppc:www-data. Found NmbLookupFindHostCmd and made it blank. Then set server pingpath to /etc/backuppc/wolping.sh.

Re: [BackupPC-users] Getting backuppc to wol a client

2011-09-06 Thread Robert E. Wooden
You are absolutely correct. I never considered the FHS and by your suggestion may, and most likely will, move to correct location in future. Thank you for your help. Your polite suggestions are appreciated. Robert Wooden Nashville, TN. USA Computer Freedom? . . . Linux On 09/06/2011 11:24

Re: [BackupPC-users] Getting backuppc to wol a client

2011-09-05 Thread Robert E. Wooden
Answer to No. 1 question:Yes. Answer to No. 2 question:Part 1: Because ten hours is, in my case, sufficient time for it to have safely completed it's tasks.Part 2: Been backing up my four computers like this since January, 2011. Had a completed backup everyday for each computer. I

[BackupPC-users] Getting backuppc to wol a client

2011-09-04 Thread Robert E. Wooden
I have occasionally tried to get BackupPC to wol my clients. This weekend I got serious thanks to some activity on this forum. Here is what I have got working this weekend. I discovered this post: /http://blog.chameeya.com/2011/08/backuppc-and-waking-machines.html / I read through this

Re: [BackupPC-users] cannot get backuppc to wol a client

2011-09-03 Thread Robert E. Wooden
I have worked on this issue in the past for myself. Never really got it completed. However, your email has me interested again and this is good weekend to work on this. So, last night I Googled BackupPC wol got some more info. This is the article that started me off last January:

Re: [BackupPC-users] cannot get backuppc to wol a client

2011-09-03 Thread Robert E. Wooden
BackupPC) that I may have changed. I am sitting here scratching my head, deciding how to proceed. Robert Wooden Nashville, TN. USA Computer Freedom? . . . Linux On 09/03/2011 04:33 PM, Tim Fletcher wrote: On Sat, 2011-09-03 at 16:09 -0500, Robert E. Wooden wrote: I have worked on this issue

Re: [BackupPC-users] cannot get backuppc to wol a client

2011-09-03 Thread Robert E. Wooden
Tim, what OS is your BackupPC running on? Robert Wooden Nashville, TN. USA Computer Freedom? . . . Linux On 09/03/2011 04:33 PM, Tim Fletcher wrote: On Sat, 2011-09-03 at 16:09 -0500, Robert E. Wooden wrote: I have worked on this issue in the past for myself. Never really got it completed