Re: [BackupPC-users] 'chdir failed' error using rsyncd on MacOSX

[misterpistolpete <mis...@ya...>]

Jacob is right,

> 
> This doesn't mean you have to give up all hope in
> backuppc. I backup an
> OS X client just fine, but I use tar instead of
> rsync. Since it's on my
> local network, the extra bandwidth isn't too much of
> a problem.


I have even verified that the standard tar on OS X
works just fine, so don't bother with xtar or hfstar
if you are on OS X 10.4 or higher.

Here are the relevant lines from my config.pl for an
OS X client. Works just fine.

$Conf{TarShareName} = ['/Applications',
'/private/etc', '/Users'];

$Conf{XferMethod} = 'tar';

$Conf{TarClientCmd} = '$sshPath -q -x -n -l root
$host'
                    . ' $tarPath -c -v -f - -C
$shareName+'
                    . ' --totals';

$Conf{TarFullArgs} = '$fileList+';

$Conf{TarClientRestoreCmd} = '$sshPath -q -x -l root
$host'
                   . ' $tarPath -x -p --numeric-owner
--same-owner'
                   . ' -v -f - -C $shareName+';

$Conf{TarClientPath} = '/usr/bin/tar';



Peter

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