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Re: [BackupPC-users] Trouble setting up backup to a Windows host

2010-03-12 07:52:47
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Trouble setting up backup to a Windows host
From: "Michael Stowe" <mstowe AT chicago.us.mensa DOT org>
To: sorin.srbu AT orgfarm.uu DOT se, "General list for user discussion, questions and support" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:50:50 -0600
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Les Mikesell [mailto:lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com]
>>Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 9:06 PM
>>To: backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
>>Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Trouble setting up backup to a Windows host
>>
>>Is there some particular reason for wanting to backup through
>>automounted files systems?  Your full rsyncs are going to have to read
>>the entire contents of the remote machines through the network for the
>>comparison where if you install cygwin rsync on the targets it would do
>>a local read and only transfer block checkums and differences.
>
> Yeah there is; I couldn't get the rsyncd-package for cygwin to work out. I
> get
> an "inet connect: Connection refused"-error when I try running the backup.
>
> Unfortunately I know too little about the authentication mechanism in
> Cygwin.
> I'll look into it during the day.
>
> Anyway, that's why I tried out other ways to connect to the Windows
> machine.
> You know, the rule of least resistance... ;-)
>
> Thanks for all the hints so far. I'll be back with an update later.
> --
> /Sorin

There's a walkthrough here:
http://www.goodjobsucking.com/?p=62

Note that you can actually download the scripts and directory there as well.

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