automated backup with cygwin and rsync
hi all! i'm trying to setup a scheduled, automated backup of a windows server to a linux server using cygwin and rsync. i'm following instructions i found at
http://www.gaztronics.net/rsync.php the scheduled job fails with the following error: "password file must not be other-accessible" i have set permissions on the c:\cygwin\secret file as directed (chmod 600) so i don't see how the file is accessible to others. any help would be appreciated. |
For anyone interested, I've answered my own question. The chmod 600 command was not working properly because my Windows NT installation was on a FAT partition rather than NTFS.
Since FAT has no concept of individual file permissions (anyone can do anything they want on a FAT partition) I kept getting the "other-accessible" error - even after running chmod. I converted the partition to NTFS, ran chmod 600 again, and everything works properly now. I can run my nightly, automated backup between my NT server and my Linux server using the instructions outlined on the web site. |
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