Cory Rivera wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> A little summary of my scenario:
> I'm using the latest version of BackupPC to backup Windows XP
> computers that are behind routers on our network. I've set up the
> client-configuration files on the Ubuntu server running BackupPC to
> override the ClientNameAlias option - I've set it to the router name
> for each config file. I've also overriden the ports for each file,
> starting with 873 then moving to 1873, 2873, etc. assigning a
> different port to each computer. I've then setup the router to
> forward these ports to each computer, respecitively. However, I'm
> having a problem setting up Rsyncd on each computer - I've setup
> rsyncd.conf for each computer as given:
> [data]
> path = e:/data
> comment = data share to back up
> auth users = backuppc
> secrets file = c:/rsyncd/rsyncd.secrets
> strict modes = false
> read only = false
> list = false
> port = 1873 (this changes according to what the server has
> configured for each computer)
>
> I then run services.bat, and verify that the service is running. I've
> set up Windows firewall to unblock port 1873 (or the respective
> port). The problem is, when I go to run BackupPC I check the XferLOG
> for the computer, and I get an "inet connect: Connection" refused
> error on port 1873.
> I've narrowed the problem down to this:
> I run "netstat -a" from the Windows computer and see that TCP
> computer:1873 is not even listed. However, TCP computer:873 is in the
> listening state. Disabling the rsyncd service removes that line, and
> enabling it brings it back. It seems that even though I specified in
> rsyncd.conf, port = 1873, the daemon still listens on 873.
>
> Any ideas on how to resolve this issue?
>
I haven't tried this myself, but I'm not completely sure that it will
take a port argument in a conf file. Can you try modifying your
service.bat to include "--port=1873". You'll probably need to delete
and then install the service using the service.bat file.
Russ
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