The problem was I didn't have the DHCP checkbox set.  Checking that 
box made it work, I had it off because I thought I remembered reading 
somewhere to leave it off even if they are DHCP.  I don't remember the 
reason for that though.

Andrew LaPierre
IT Director
Georgia-Cumberland Conference
andrew AT gccsda DOT com
706-629-7951 x 368


On 9/3/2010 8:59 AM, Michael Stowe wrote:
>>    I'm setting up a new install of BackupPC on Ubuntu 10.04, and have run
>> into a problem.  I have rsyncd running fine on both a Win XP and Win 7
>> machine, I'm able to login to the share from the terminal of the server
>> running BackupPC with the command rsync user@host::backup, and get a
>> listing after entering the password.  I'm pretty sure that means my
>> clients are configured properly.  However, when I try to do a backup, I
>> get
>>
>> Backup failed oncomputer
>> <http://copia.gccsda.com/cgi-bin/BackupPC_Admin?host=alapierre-d630>
>> (inet connect: Connection timed out)
>>
>>
>> I've checked all the XFER settings, and they all appear to be correct.
>>
>> XferMethod = rsyncd
>> RsyncShareName = backup (same as the rsyncd client share)
>> RsyncdUserName = correct
>> RsyncdPasswd = also correct
>> RsyncAuthRequired = checked
>>
>> Those should be all it needs to connect I believe, but it times out
>> every time. Is there something
>> you guys can think of that I should check? I have opened port 873 on
>> both windows boxes, and don't
>> even have the firewall running on the Linux box.  I also think that
>> shouldn't matter since I can connect from the terminal, I'm thinking
>> something must be configured improperly with the BackupPC server.
>> Thanks for any help you can give me.
>>
>> -Andrew
> Try rsync manually
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