• WinRsyncd

Backing up a Windows machine using rsyncd

First, you need to install http://winrsync.sunsite.dk/ on your windows machine.

If you already have Cygwin installed, it also includes an rsync binary; adjust the command lines in the files below appropriately; winrsync includes only the cygwin .dll and rsync binaries.)

On the client machine, copy the sample [=rsyncd.conf], [=rsyncd.secrets], and [=rsyncd.bat] files below to [=c:\program files\winrsync\].

Finally, make Windows run the rsyncd.bat file on startup.

Client Files

These files need to be present on the Windows machine. I put them all in the same directory as the Winrsync binaries, but you could of course put them elsewhere.

c:\program files\winrsync\rsyncd.conf

Note: You need to change 192.168.0.253 to be the address of your dirvish server. You could also use a hostname, or use a subnet (192.168.0.0/24, for example.) This line restricts what machines can access the share.

You can also change [=path=] to just be a specific directory (e.g., [=c:\documents\] would be [=path=/cygdrive/c/documents/])

  gid = users
  read only = true
  use chroot = false
  transfer logging = false
  log file = rsyncd.log
  log format = %h %o %f %l %b
  hosts allow = 192.168.0.253
  hosts deny = 0.0.0.0/0
  strict modes = false

  [backups]
  path = /cygdrive/c/
  auth users = backups
  secrets file = rsyncd.secrets

Code (as of 2005 March 14) here.

c:\program files\winrsync\rsyncd.bat

This needs to be run on Windows startup to start the rsync daemon as a background process.

  @ECHO OFF
  cd c:\PROGRA~1\winrsync
  c:\PROGRA~1\winrsync\support\rsync --daemon --config rsyncd.conf

Code (as of 2005 March 14) here.

c:\program files\winrsync\rsyncd.secrets

Change [=mypassword] to a better password, of course. The file must have a CR after the password.

  backups:mypassword

Server Files

These files are for the dirvish server.

default.conf

Your default.conf file for the windows machine will look like:

  client: backups@<winmachine>
  password-file: /etc/dirvish/win.password
  tree: :backups
  ... rest of file ...

Code (as of 2005 March 14) here.

(with any additional site-wide preferences you have.) Note the leading colon on the [=tree:] line. [=:backups] means use the [=backups] share on the Windows rsyncd server. We define [=backups] in our client-side [=rsyncd.conf] file to point to the c:\ directory.

Note: If you have multiple windows machines and don't want to have the same password on each, you may need a separate /etc/dirvish/win.password file. In that case, you may want to store the password file in the same directory as your [=default.conf] file. Adjust the config above as needed.

/etc/dirvish/win.password

This should match the password in rsyncd.secrets. make sure the copy on your dirvish machine has permissions of [=600].

  mypassword

History

• Jason Cater 08/13/04 Initial page added.