backup

I really love rdiff-backup

I use rdiff-backup with cron to backup my home directory from my raid 5 to a single harddrive daily.

Today I have done something wrong in Thunderbird, so I deleted my complete INBOX!

No problem.... Mount the backup drive, used rdiff-backup -r now to restore all data.

Result: Lost some Spam mails

Rsync Server under Windows is possible with cygwin and cwrsync!

You can get cwRsync with cygwin dlls here: http://itefix.no/cwrsync/

Install it, create a rsync.conf file, but two things are important for running rsync on windows:

strict modes = false
use chroot =false

My rsync.conf looks like this:

secrets file = /cygdrive/c/Programme/cwRsync/passwds
log file = /cygdrive/c/Programme/cwRsync/rsyncd.log
pid file = /cygdrive/c/Programme/cwRsync/rsyncd.pid
strict modes = false
use chroot = false

[Backup]
comment = Files for Backup
path = c:\files
auth users = backup
hosts deny = *
hosts allow = 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0
read only = yes
list = false

The password file has got that format:

username:password

For installing rsync as a Server you need the programs:
- instsrv.exe
- srvany.exe

Now execute this command:
instsrv.exe "Rsync c:\path\to\srvany.exe

Do not start the service now!

Open regedit and insert the following lins to that path:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEMS\CurrentControlSet\Services\Rsync\Parameters

AppDirectory REG_SZ "c:\Programme\cwrsync\bin"
Application REG_SZ "c:\Programme\cwrsync\bin\rsync.exe"
AppParameters REG_SZ "--daemon --config=/cygdrive/c/Programme/cwRsync/rsync.conf"

Now you can start rsync as a normal service.