backuppc questions.

[Michael Richter]

>
> > I've installed it.  It showed no errors.  But it doesn't do
> anything.  I've
> > done the /etc/inet.d/backuppc start (or restart) command and it says
> > everything is working.  And it doesn't do anything.
>
> You didn't say whether you set up the hosts and client files... until
> you create those, it does nothing. (You have to specify what clients
> get backed up and by what mechanism.)


The problem is that there's nothing  to set this up with: the web
functionality is absent.  I go to the port 8080  specified in the documents
and ... connection is refused.  I run nmap and it says nothing's there.  So
how do I administer this without the administration interface?

You might try looking at the "upstream" documentation:
>
> http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/BackupPC.html


I did.  I got this gibberish from it:
http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/BackupPC.html#step_7__talking_to_backuppc

That's documentation following the "infinite monkeys" model -- only they
don't have the budget for infinite numbers of monkeys nor typewriters.

The problem is that... the system isn't talking.  It's not hanging on any
port and it is, as a result, not configurable.  Unless there's more of the
typical Magic Incantations<tm> that I'm missing.
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