Essentially what you describe is outlined here:
http://www.goodjobsucking.com/?p=62
The scripts can be downloaded and are documented...
> Hi,
>
> I need some help with BackupPC's execution of a cmd script on a Windows
> machine,
> from a Linux machine. I cannot get the command to execute on the remote
> (client) machine under BackupPC.
>
> I know it takes a lot of information to understand what is going on at a
> random place in the world, so I will try to be succinct yet comprehensive.
> If
> any
> further information is needed please let me know.
>
> 1) I have BackupPC running on Linux.
>
> 2) I am using the rsyncd method for file transfer.
If you want to back up open files, you'll probably want to use rsync instead.
> 3) I have the rsyncd transfer method working just fine on 10 Linux
> clients.
>
> 4) I have rsyncd, running under cygwin, working fine on a single windows 7
> client.
>
> 5) I've written a short cmd script to dump the registry, and create a
> shadow
> copy of the c: drive on the win7 client. This script runs fine on the
> win7
> machine locally.
You can back up the registry directly using VSS, but there's nothing wrong
with this approach.
> 6) I have winexe running on the Linux machine. I can execute the regShadow
> cmd
> script on the win7 machine from the Linux machine using winexe.
>
> 7) The problem is that I cannot execute the regShadow cmd script on the
> win 7
> machine using winexe on the Linux machine from BackupPC.
Are you trying to execute winexe directly? I wouldn't recommend it,
instead launch a shell script that launches it.
> 8) The error I am getting back in the log file is(I touched up the
> formatting
> to fit this email):
>
> 2011-02-09 07:17:47
> Output from DumpPreUserCmd: Exec of "winexe --reinstall -W WORKGROUP -U
> backuppc%<password> //hsback-1
> 'cmd /C c:/Users/backuppc/shadowDrv'" failed
>
> 8.5) The client specific BackupPC conf entries are:
>
> $Conf{RsyncShareName} = ['cshadow'];
> $Conf{DumpPreUserCmd} = '"winexe --interactive=0 -W WORKGROUP -U
> backuppc%<password> //$client \'cmd /C
> c:/Users/backuppc/shadowDrv\'"';
>
> NOTE: I also tried it with no interactive switch.
>
> 9) I've tried a number of different quoting combination. Nothing worked. I
> tired to create a simple shell script, and just execute it, still
> didn't
> work. Shell script (preCmd) here.
>
> winexe -W WORKGROUP -U backuppc%Winston54 //hsback-1 'cmd /C
> c:/Users/backuppc/shadowDrv'
>
> 10) Here is the cmd script that runs on the win 7 machine:
>
> :: Dump the registry.
> reg export HKLM hklm.reg /y
>
> reg export HKCU hkcu.reg /y
> reg export HKCR hkcr.reg /y
> reg export HKU hku.reg /y
> reg export HKCC hkcc.reg /y
>
> :: Delete the B: pseudo drive.
> dosdev -r -d b:
>
> :: Load the ID from the last shadow copy made from this script.
> call vss-vars
>
> :: Delete the last shadow copy.
> vshadow -ds=%SHADOW_ID_1%
>
> :: Create a persistent shadow copy of the C drive.
> :: Put the shadow copy id into the vss-vars.cmd file.
> vshadow -p -script=vss-vars.cmd c:
>
> :: Load the ID into this cmd file's attribute space.
> call vss-vars
>
> :: Map the new shadow copy to the B: drive.
> vshadow -el=%SHADOW_ID_1%,b:
>
> 11) I have ssh working with no password required in either direction
> between
> the win 7 client and the Linux server. All the keys are set up.
>
> Any help would be really appreciated.
>
> thanks
>
> Jeffrey
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