Someone correct me if I'm wrong here, but by default, BackupPC must be able to get a good response for the following ping command from the BackupPC server:
ping -c 1 -w 3 <host> Try the command manually. Could it be that pings are blocked by the software? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hallo, > > I have problems getting backups from Windows-PCs with rsyncd: if > Kaspersky Anti-Virus-SW is active on the client, the backup fails, if > Kaspersky is disabled everything runs smooth. There is no error-message > in the logs, the backup simply hangs :-( I don't want to get into the > details of configuring the Kaspersky-client, but I opened tcp-port 873 > for incoming and outgoing traffic and allowed the rsyncd-Program all > activities. > > The manual check with the command > > rsync -vvvv [EMAIL PROTECTED]::Fotos/ > > shows the exact same behaviour (without AV a list of the folders on the > client is received, with AV rsync hangs). My setup is the following: > > Server: BackupPC 3.0.0 on Ubuntu > Client: rsynd 2.6.8 on Windows XP > > rsyncd.conf on the client: > > use chroot = false > max connections = 3 > log file = c:/Tools/Backup/rsyncd.log > pid file = c:/Tools/Backup/rsyncd.pid > lock file = c:/Tools/Backup/rsyncd.lock > secrets file = c:/Tools/Backup/rsyncd.secrets > hosts allow = <server-ip> > auth users = backuppc > strict modes = false > read only = true > list = false > [Fotos] > path = D:/Digital-Fotos/Fotos > comment = Fotos > > > rsyncd.secrets: > backuppc: > > > Any ideas?? > > Thanx, > Martin > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is sponsored by: > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It's the best place to buy or sell services > for just about anything Open Source. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > [email protected] > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net > Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
