Hi Michael,

On 2017-05-15 06:32 PM, Holger Parplies wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Michael Stowe wrote on 2017-05-15 09:58:08 -0500 [Re: [BackupPC-users] 
> Backing up Windows 7 Pro, not enough permissions]:
>[...]
>> At any rate, these reasons are why I personally switched to a
>> combination of rsync and vshadow (to handle open files) and put together
>> a package to install the proper files on the client side.  [...]

would you mind to share that package, in whatever state it is? I use a 
similar setup (Cygwin + rsync over SSH), but getting it to run is less 
than intuitive.

I yet have to find a simple and fool-proof way of installing (don't talk 
about keeping up-to-date even) that combination. It takes me less and 
less time every time I do it (every few months), but it's still a pain. 
IIRC, last time I had to refresh my mind on
- how to enable a cyg_server (appx. a.k.a. root) account with the proper 
access rights
- how to open port 22 on the firewall, and (if need be) respond to pings,
- how to make the SSH server accept the BackupPC server pubkey (because 
cyg_server has no home by default).
And that's even without vshadow.

Certainly not an approach that I can load off to the average Joe user, 
say, "download and install ..., and I do the BackupPC server setup 
remotely".


Cheers,
Alexander

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