tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655672684722715068.comments2023-01-14T13:05:42.786+07:00A life unwrappedUrko M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11178182649042237743noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655672684722715068.post-54741543934587056492017-01-14T20:18:44.743+07:002017-01-14T20:18:44.743+07:00Hi,
You backup the /cygdrv/c/shadow/c folder if wh...Hi,<br />You backup the /cygdrv/c/shadow/c folder if what you are trying to backup is the whole C: drive. Or whatever subfolder you are aiming for.<br />The pre-backup script creates a "frozen" version of the whole C: drive (or additional drives) inside the /cygdrv/c/shadow folder.<br /><br />I don't think you need to look at the older post at all. The Cygwin installation instructions on this post get you what you need.<br /><br />Let me know how it goes.Urko M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11178182649042237743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655672684722715068.post-20890139370289291122017-01-14T04:31:24.749+07:002017-01-14T04:31:24.749+07:00Scratch my previous comment... Figured out the pre...Scratch my previous comment... Figured out the pre/post thing. But the question remains, do we still need to do the rsync configuration from your previous method, or what? If not, what to specify for the path? Sorry for the confusion.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09514259964369586296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655672684722715068.post-22620025639919783542017-01-14T03:58:32.141+07:002017-01-14T03:58:32.141+07:00Stupid question, but since I'm mostly a Linux/...Stupid question, but since I'm mostly a Linux/Mac guy I haven't used Windows shadow stuff... Do you specify the backup to run on / or on /shadow/X ? Also, while the script runs mnaually, I don't see that BackupPC is doing it, but I can check on that separately. :)Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09514259964369586296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655672684722715068.post-71538399202877257892016-06-07T19:27:27.709+07:002016-06-07T19:27:27.709+07:00Thanks. Fixed! :)Thanks. Fixed! :)Urko M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11178182649042237743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655672684722715068.post-78918455153029438032016-06-07T19:17:43.294+07:002016-06-07T19:17:43.294+07:00Hi, I saw a little mistake in you excellent tutori...Hi, I saw a little mistake in you excellent tutorial, the files are name pre-backup.sh & post-backup.sh, but you refer to them as pre-backuppc.sh & post-backuppc.sh later (in the backuppc server config) :)Mister Meanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13228701393930591395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655672684722715068.post-56428381417356574582016-06-06T07:55:47.924+07:002016-06-06T07:55:47.924+07:00Sorry, I only saw this very late. I have updated t...Sorry, I only saw this very late. I have updated the link. It should work now.Urko M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11178182649042237743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655672684722715068.post-40006686448491253182016-03-17T16:14:26.307+07:002016-03-17T16:14:26.307+07:00Hi, do you still have the files required for this?...Hi, do you still have the files required for this? Link seems to be broken. Thank you very much.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17977978828789123924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655672684722715068.post-33290420191506578642015-02-07T20:38:10.592+07:002015-02-07T20:38:10.592+07:00I've now switched to using a much simpler meth...I've now switched to using a much simpler method, without this whole hassle of Scheduled Tasks. It's here: http://urkomasse.blogspot.com/2014/10/backuppc-and-windows-servers-simple.html<br />Hope you can use it!Urko M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11178182649042237743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655672684722715068.post-53708725069305062662015-02-06T20:57:09.317+07:002015-02-06T20:57:09.317+07:00(at least on my system) The diskshadow script comm...(at least on my system) The diskshadow script command "DELETE SHADOWS EXPOSED B:" bails out on an error when the B: mapping does not exist. The error is "Could not find the mount point." This stops diskshadow from completing its CreateShadows.txt script. There does not seem to be a way to make diskshadow ignore this error.kpjbvchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05820313759721962930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655672684722715068.post-28059437294020258252015-02-06T20:53:11.069+07:002015-02-06T20:53:11.069+07:00The rsync service as created here runs under the S...The rsync service as created here runs under the SYSTEM account. You need to make sure SYSTEM has write access to \var\run so the rsync daemon can create rsyncd.pid as set up in the config file rsyncd.conf.kpjbvchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05820313759721962930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655672684722715068.post-57798729645088748792014-09-08T14:10:23.216+07:002014-09-08T14:10:23.216+07:00FYI: you can only add more host to the block list ...FYI: you can only add more host to the block list when your computer connected to the Internet.Jin Nguyenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17783376943697952617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655672684722715068.post-64304800651950856492013-09-05T07:27:32.588+07:002013-09-05T07:27:32.588+07:00Hi, so glad to discover this!
What do you think i...Hi, so glad to discover this!<br /><br />What do you think it would take to modify the way this works so that I can schedule daily self-control times (e.g. certain sites blocked 9am-5pm, or all sites blocked midnight to 6am) in advance? I'm happy to do things to config files in my system for now, and I could test out some things and let you know how it goes if you like, but right now I need a pointer about what I would have to start experimenting with, as I don't yet know how SelfControl does what it does. Thanks for any hints you have! MQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16142067666212816438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655672684722715068.post-6002963067757871172013-06-06T14:23:31.874+07:002013-06-06T14:23:31.874+07:00Thanks, Urko, for the post - and the mention!
You...Thanks, Urko, for the post - and the mention!<br /><br />Your emphasis on modeling is 100% spot on - from teachers to tech leaders to principals to board members. If adults practiced what they preached more often, schools would be better places.<br /><br />You're also right about hard limits, but it's more than that. Bandwidth may be a hard limit, but that hard limit can also include softer limits. Our school's bandwidth is good ...on good days. Some days it's not so much & occasionally pathetic. (We do not have the option of multiple ISP's...) So in addition to taking hard limits into account, it's also wise to recognize other softer limits and plan accordingly.John Iglarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17586497633696131908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655672684722715068.post-11094314835818858652013-06-05T22:54:22.336+07:002013-06-05T22:54:22.336+07:00Andrew: You are absolutely right in that, of cours...Andrew: You are absolutely right in that, of course.<br />From the bandwidth available there are many ways to make more of what you have or you can get.<br />At my school we use a similar system, combining one lease line and 3 domestic grade fiber lines. Why domestic grade? Well, budget limits. Enterprise grade bandwidth is prohibitively expensive here for us, and this is the only way to achieve anything decent for the money.<br />But even then, bandwidth throttling, filtering, QoS are means to control limited resources. We also have a caching proxy, but with more and more services going with HTTPS and content distribution networks, that is also no miracle. Too many straws will break the camel's back and all that.<br />In the end, it remains true: bandwidth is a "hard" limit, because "money" is as well. And bandwidth is in any case just one example, the most popular one, of a "hard" technological limit.<br />Too often people making decisions are not looking at scalability and sustainability of their decisions in the short-term, mid-term or long-term, and then you get placed in the situation where you need to spend resources in a rush, to put out fires.<br />Thanks for your comment!Urko M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11178182649042237743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655672684722715068.post-62501050138220717242013-06-05T22:35:11.179+07:002013-06-05T22:35:11.179+07:00Your IT guys would probably mention bandwidth thro...Your IT guys would probably mention bandwidth throttling, filtering and QoS as some methods of controlling bandwidth. It is now relatively easy to set up rules and priorities so that users on one network get higher bandwidth than users on another. You can also factor in time of the day usage as well. It is highly unlikely you will ever have all 300 using bandwidth intensive apps of software at the same time, but it does help to plan for that eventuality.<br />Also, we have found where we are physically located there are restrictions on what level of service our telecommunications companies can provide. We now use an aggregated service, where two ISP's provide us with connectivity and they both go in to one both so we have a failsafe mechanism and the combined bandwidth of both providers. We also have the ability to add in a third if we so require.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05516641732858115114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655672684722715068.post-13597578824311380082013-01-21T17:03:50.797+07:002013-01-21T17:03:50.797+07:00Hi,
I managed to solve that annoying problem by ad...Hi,<br />I managed to solve that annoying problem by adding few lines in the original UI.pm file (13kB) via gedit, in sudo mode, from Terminal. There's a thread in askubuntu.com too: <i>http://askubuntu.com/questions/232571/how-to-empty-the-active-block-list-in-selfcontrol</i>Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11228469594691489320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655672684722715068.post-27401465650230328352013-01-02T15:41:44.720+07:002013-01-02T15:41:44.720+07:00The UI.pm file is 13kB in size for me, not 145kB.
...The UI.pm file is 13kB in size for me, not 145kB.<br />Try using this link to download the one I used: https://raw.github.com/serch/selfcontrol/master/lib/SelfControl/UI.pm<br /><br />I'll update the post to give more detailed steps.<br /><br />To find out if something went wrong, try opening a terminal (press Ctrl-Alt-T or look for Terminal in the Applications list).<br />Then type:<br />SelfControl<br />and press Enter.<br />It should give you some error message if things don't work.Urko M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11178182649042237743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655672684722715068.post-66361562388584698532012-12-26T00:36:03.369+07:002012-12-26T00:36:03.369+07:00I've done what you suggested but the applicati...I've done what you suggested but the application won't start if I click on it.<br />What to do after I replace the UI.pm file?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11228469594691489320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655672684722715068.post-37544808125619995272012-12-25T23:11:39.883+07:002012-12-25T23:11:39.883+07:00Hi there,
I'm having problems deleting previou...Hi there,<br />I'm having problems deleting previous or double entries to the list of websites that I want to block for a couple of hours. When I start a new study session with SelfControl, I can't see or increase the list of hosts already present in the main window, there's no handle to re-size it. I've tried replacing the UI.pm file (145kB) with the one in /usr/share/perl5/SelfControl/ but now something is wrong -- I click on the icon but the app won't start!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11228469594691489320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655672684722715068.post-43241313830796391712011-01-14T23:38:30.634+07:002011-01-14T23:38:30.634+07:00I have high expectation for oStatus and StatusNet,...I have high expectation for oStatus and StatusNet, nice alternative to Yammer, which we used in my previous company.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com