On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 10:05 AM, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com> 
wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 10:27 AM, Shawn T Perry <shawn AT redmop DOT com> 
> wrote:
>> I've followed all the instructions here
>> (http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/backuppc/index.php?title=User_Scripts_-_Client_-_Windows_VSS),
>> and when I don't have the script use VSS, it works fine.  However, when I
>> turn it on, it sets up everything, but the ssh link doesn't let go, allowing
>> backuppc to continue.  What do I need to provide to get some help getting
>> this to work?
>>
>> backuppc server is ubuntu 12.04 64bit
>> Client is Windows 2003 server running cygwin 1.7
>
> Not sure about this specifically or how cygwin handles it, but ssh
> normally won't drop a connection until all the file descriptors
> (stdin/stdout/stderr) using it have been closed.  Maybe you are
> starting some process that stays running in the background but doesn't
> close its inherited files - and if you can tell what it is, you can
> redirect to /dev/null - and maybe use ssh -n to keep the input side
> closed in the first place.
>
> --
>    Les Mikesell
>     lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com
>

If I kill the sshd that's assigned to the user (not the daemon
itself), then all the stuff stays running (vshadow, rsyncd, etc) and
the backup can continue)

If I don't enable the vss portion, it works just fine, starting
rsyncd, and closing the ssh link.

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