John Hudak wrote:
> Thanks for your input Les.  I have XP professional. Two accounts on the 
> machine: hp_administrator, and remote_desktop_user (RDT requires a pw, 
> which is why I created it).  hp_adminstrator does not have a pw ( I 
> didn't want one for a number of reasons).
> 
> I am using SMB as the backup mechanism.  I am not sure what you are 
> saying with: "called 'simple file sharing' that you can't turn off like 
> you can in other versions and which doesn't allow passwords per 
> connection."  To make backuppc work with XP, are you saying that 1) 
> Simple File Sharing should be turned off? (It is on mine), and 2) I 
> absolutely need an account with a password???
> 
> Thanks again for your input/help.
> I didn't want to go the rsync way because I didn't want yet another 
> piece of sw to install and run under xp that is effectively used for 2-3 
> times a week.  Unlike Linux, XP develops program rot, and I am trying to 
> avoid that.

I'm just going by what I've seen others post regarding samba and the file 
sharing modes, but you should be able to trouble-shoot with smbclient from the 
backuppc server.  I haven't had too much trouble with XP programs in general, 
though and you shouldn't have any trouble with deltacopy if you don't have 
other 
versions of the cygwin dll installed.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com

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