Re: [BackupPC-users] Process for Overriding hosts configuration

2012-07-13 Thread backuppc
Michael Stowe wrote at about 10:13:35 -0500 on Wednesday, July 11, 2012: Naturally, I do lose ACLs and whatnot, but aside from a few tweaks, the process at least works. I've been considering adding a supplemental ACL backup to the routine. In my vshadow script -- shadowmountrsync -- for

Re: [BackupPC-users] Process for Overriding hosts configuration

2012-07-13 Thread backuppc
Kris Lou wrote at about 09:40:12 -0700 on Wednesday, July 11, 2012: Naturally, I do lose ACLs and whatnot, but aside from a few tweaks, the process at least works. I've been considering adding a supplemental ACL backup to the routine. That sounds like a useful idea, but

Re: [BackupPC-users] Process for Overriding hosts configuration

2012-07-13 Thread Bryan Keadle (.net)
Care to share your shadowmountrsync? On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 1:48 PM, backu...@kosowsky.org wrote: Michael Stowe wrote at about 10:13:35 -0500 on Wednesday, July 11, 2012: Naturally, I do lose ACLs and whatnot, but aside from a few tweaks, the process at least works. I've been

Re: [BackupPC-users] Process for Overriding hosts configuration

2012-07-13 Thread backuppc
It's on the Wiki - a good place to look and answer many basic questions by the way Bryan Keadle (.net) wrote at about 14:25:14 -0500 on Friday, July 13, 2012: Care to share your shadowmountrsync? On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 1:48 PM, backu...@kosowsky.org wrote: Michael Stowe wrote at

Re: [BackupPC-users] Process for Overriding hosts configuration

2012-07-11 Thread Michael Stowe
On 11/07/12 00:12, Michael Stowe wrote: The Windows 7 Junctions (which fail) are important directories in Windows XP, and I've made an effort to exclude all the junctions from Windows 7. Huh. XP doesn't have any junction points by default (although it supports them) so I guess you mean

Re: [BackupPC-users] Process for Overriding hosts configuration

2012-07-11 Thread Adam Goryachev
On 12/07/12 01:13, Michael Stowe wrote: The short answer is that for a bare metal restore, I first install a stock OS, then use BackupPC_tarCreate, restore everything to a directory, then use the recovery console to rotate it into place. After a reboot, everything's back, including the

Re: [BackupPC-users] Process for Overriding hosts configuration

2012-07-11 Thread Michael Stowe
On 12/07/12 01:13, Michael Stowe wrote: The short answer is that for a bare metal restore, I first install a stock OS, then use BackupPC_tarCreate, restore everything to a directory, then use the recovery console to rotate it into place. After a reboot, everything's back, including the

Re: [BackupPC-users] Process for Overriding hosts configuration

2012-07-11 Thread Kris Lou
Naturally, I do lose ACLs and whatnot, but aside from a few tweaks, the process at least works. I've been considering adding a supplemental ACL backup to the routine. That sounds like a useful idea, but really, what are the ACL's used for? Is that just additional end-user type of

Re: [BackupPC-users] Process for Overriding hosts configuration

2012-07-10 Thread Michael Stowe
On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 09:12:54AM -0500, Michael Stowe wrote: The Windows 7 Junctions (which fail) are important directories in Windows XP, and I've made an effort to exclude all the junctions from Windows 7. Huh. XP doesn't have any junction points by default (although it supports

Re: [BackupPC-users] Process for Overriding hosts configuration

2012-07-10 Thread Timothy J Massey
Michael Stowe mst...@chicago.us.mensa.org wrote on 07/10/2012 11:14:34 AM: How are you backing the junction points up. AFAIK backuppc treats those as actual directories and not junction points (i.e. the concept of a junction point doesn't exist in backuppc's universe like a symbolic link

Re: [BackupPC-users] Process for Overriding hosts configuration

2012-07-10 Thread Michael Stowe
Michael Stowe mst...@chicago.us.mensa.org wrote on 07/10/2012 11:14:34 AM: How are you backing the junction points up. AFAIK backuppc treats those as actual directories and not junction points (i.e. the concept of a junction point doesn't exist in backuppc's universe like a symbolic

Re: [BackupPC-users] Process for Overriding hosts configuration

2012-07-10 Thread Adam Goryachev
On 11/07/12 00:12, Michael Stowe wrote: The Windows 7 Junctions (which fail) are important directories in Windows XP, and I've made an effort to exclude all the junctions from Windows 7. Huh. XP doesn't have any junction points by default (although it supports them) so I guess you mean you're

[BackupPC-users] Process for Overriding hosts configuration

2012-07-09 Thread Bryan Keadle (.net)
What is the actual process/command that happens when I click on the Override button of a hosts config file - specifically the SmbShareName? I have a Self Provisioning solution whereby a user can authenticate to a BackupPC web page, and their computer will automatically provision itself for

Re: [BackupPC-users] Process for Overriding hosts configuration

2012-07-09 Thread Michael Stowe
What is the actual process/command that happens when I click on the Override button of a hosts config file - specifically the SmbShareName? I'm going to go with nothing. The override check box indicates that it's a setting in the PC-specific configuration rather than inherited from the main

Re: [BackupPC-users] Process for Overriding hosts configuration

2012-07-09 Thread Bryan Keadle (.net)
The Windows 7 Junctions (which fail) are important directories in Windows XP, and I've made an effort to exclude all the junctions from Windows 7. On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 4:43 PM, Michael Stowe mst...@chicago.us.mensa.orgwrote: What is the actual process/command that happens when I click on

Re: [BackupPC-users] Process for Overriding hosts configuration

2012-07-09 Thread Les Mikesell
On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 4:28 PM, Bryan Keadle (.net) bkea...@keadle.net wrote: What is the actual process/command that happens when I click on the Override button of a hosts config file - specifically the SmbShareName? Basically it means that the value set will be saved in the per-pc config

Re: [BackupPC-users] Process for Overriding hosts configuration

2012-07-09 Thread Les Mikesell
On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 5:18 PM, Bryan Keadle (.net) bkea...@keadle.net wrote: The Windows 7 Junctions (which fail) are important directories in Windows XP, and I've made an effort to exclude all the junctions from Windows 7. Not sure what you meant by provisioning, but maybe you can use an