On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 9:45 AM, Timothy J Massey <tmassey AT obscorp DOT com> 
wrote:
>
> > I think the problem is that your rsync module name doesn't match the
>
> > mountpoint.  I don't know if that is even possible for '/'.  But the
> > error message still does not make sense to me.
> >
> >
> > I can not use /  as rsyncd module name. So I must use something else.
> > I would like to emphasize that using rsyncd module is perfectly
> > legitimate and good use. The bug needs to be fixed - I will do it
> > when I can prioritize my time though ,
>
> I apologize if this is unhelpful (I'm only half following the thread), but
> I use rsync module names that are (mostly) unrelated to the paths:  ROOT,
> HOME, etc.  Work perfectly fine, for backup and restore.
>

I think his issue is just with the tar images created by the
archivehost setup.  Not sure why it is different than a tar downloaded
through the browser.   What do you get from a Backuppc_tarCreate when
you run it from the command line?  Does it include the module name as
a top-level directory?

-- 
  Les Mikesell
     lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com

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