On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 01:53:12PM +0300, Benedict simon wrote:

> now i am tryin to backup linux clients with rsyncd but when i try to
> backup it gives me a the following error
> 
> im trying to backup the /opt filesystems
> 
> -------------------------------
> full backup started for directory /opt
> Connected to kmdns1:873, remote version 30
> Negotiated protocol version 28
> Error connecting to module /opt/ at kmdns1:873: Unknown module '/opt/'
> Got fatal error during xfer (Unknown module '/opt/')
> Backup aborted (Unknown module '/opt/')
> -----------------------
> 
> my hostname.pl file is
> $Conf{RsyncShareName} = [
>   '/opt'
> ];
> $Conf{RsyncdUserName} = 'root';
> $Conf{RsyncdPasswd} = 'xxxxxx';
> $Conf{RsyncdAuthRequired} = '1';
> $Conf{XferMethod} = 'rsyncd';
> 
> rsync daemon is running fine on client linux machine
> the username and password in /etc/Backup/pc/hostname.pl file are the same
> in secrets file in my client machine
> 
> the error log on my client linux machine is
> 
> connect from UNKNOWN (ip of the backup server)
> 2008/06/14 12:06:47 [19626] unknown module '/opt/' tried from UNKNOWN (ip
> address of backup saerver)
> 
> i tried gooling a but not much avail

At first, you need a module [opt] in your rsyncd.conf on the client
side, then the $Conf{RsyncShareName} should just be "opt".

HTH,

Tino.

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