BackupPC Install Guide for Windows XP/Vista Clients -- Changelog Changes on 2011-07-27: ---------------------- Changed from rsyncd to rsync now that the cygwin/backuppc/windows bug is gone. Client Setup (Windows 7/Vista/XP) * Cygwin Installation o Simplified package list o Added Win7 GUI names o Removed ntsec requirements * SSH o Install and Configure SSH - Added answers for ssh-host-config prompts, removed ntsec * Rsyncd o Changed to Rsync, removed most content Server Setup (Ubuntu Linux) * Passwordless SSH o Corrected ssh-copy-id to include the port we set * Global BackupPC Settings o Xfer - Changed to rsync settings - Fixed links * Speed Up Remote Clients o Removed section. It was written for SSH1 and I'm not confident about speed and security issues. * Restoring Files o Added section for ZIP restore bug Changes on 2009-12-26: ---------------------- Client Setup (Windows 7/Vista/XP) * Rsyncd o Added the IPV6 ::1 equivalent for IPV4 localhost to work on Windows 7 o Added firewall exclusion note. Changes on 2009-07-18: ---------------------- Added that the guide works for Windows 7 clients Client Setup (Windows 7/Vista/XP) * SSH o Test SSH - Added Windows 7, antivirus, and firewall troubleshooting via rebaseall Changes on 2009-06-26: ---------------------- Client Setup (Windows XP/Vista) * Cygwin Installation o Changed order of cygwin packages to make it faster to add them Changes on 2008-12-06: ---------------------- Client Setup (Windows XP/Vista) * SSH o Install and Configure SSH - changed chmod command slightly - changed environmental variable response from ntsec tty to ntsec, as ssh-host-config doesn't accept it Server Setup (Ubuntu Linux) * Passwordles SSH o added -P highport to the SCP command for already secured SSH * Web Access and Email Configuration o Email Notifications - added link for setting up message digest port 587 instead of smtp 25 Changes on 2008-11-20: ---------------------- BackupPC Install Guide for Windows XP/Vista Clients * Table of Contents created * CSS Style created Server Setup (Ubuntu Linux) * Global BackupPC Settings o Xfer - BackupFilesExclude + Added clarification for exclude creation + Suggested excludes for some Cygwin directories. + Added additional excludes for Windows Vista & XP (Cookies, Search, Error reporting, Windows Defender, etc). + Switched order of Vista and XP excludes Changes on 2008-11-19: ---------------------- Client Setup (Windows XP/Vista) * Cygwin Installation o Suggested users create c:\cygwin directory before installation for permissions o Suggest wget installation * Running Cygwin o Created section to get users to run Cygwin as administrator * SSH o Install and Configure SSH - Added ssh-user-config step - Replaced chmod 777 /var with chmod +x /var Server Setup (Ubuntu Linux) * Global BackupPC Settings o Xfer - BackupFilesExclude + Added additional excludes for Windows Vista junction points. Apparently I had deleted some on my test machine when I installed Vista. Changes on 2008-11-07: ---------------------- Server Setup (Ubuntu Linux) * Client BackupPC Settings: o Fixed mktnl script. Thanks to Heinrich Christian Peters Changes on 2008-11-03: ---------------------- Initial document