[Box Backup] Generating private key, certificate request on Windows, bbackupd-config
E.W. Peter Jalajas
boxbackup@fluffy.co.uk
Sun, 1 Oct 2006 11:47:45 -0700 (PDT)
I should have added that on the Configuration panel, Basic tab, when I
change the Account Number to 10002037 (no leading 0x), and move out of
that text box, it auto converts itself to "0x989e75" and then I get the
green check mark that says "Configuration looks OK". Under the Backup
tab, I click Start Backup, and I get a Msg box and Errors entry with
unswipeable "Error: cannot start backup, failed to connect to server:
Connection Protocol UnexpectedReply (Server probably reported an
error"), and Summery "Backup failed".
--- "E.W. Peter Jalajas" <pjalajas@tebuco.com> wrote:
> Hi Chris,
>
> Great work, thanks. I'm testing it now and am having trouble getting
> it going.
>
> I copied all the files from the boxi zip into C:\Program Files\Box
> Backup\
> I created a bbackupd subdir there.
> I copied my certs/keys/conf file into C:\Program Files\Box Backup\ .
> My key/cert files are of the name form:
> C:\Program Files\Box Backup\10002037-FileEncKeys.raw
> I launched boxi.exe.
> Under Configuration/Basic, I get the error msg:
> "The certificate doesn't match the account number. The common name
> of
> the certificate should be 'BACKUP-268443703', but is actually
> 'BACKUP-1002037'.
>
> FEATURE REQUEST: I wish I could swipe and copy the error message (or
> that it had a unique short number).
>
> I ran the backup anyway, and it said it completed succesfully
> (Summary:
> Backup finished. Current action: Idle (Nothing to do). Errors:
> Backup finished (and a note about my old redundant backup locations).
>
> Under Statistics (cool feature!), Files Total 0, Bytes 0 (Null).
> BackupLocations:
> BackupLocations
> {
> DocsSettings
> {
> Path = C:\Documents and Settings
> ExcludeDirsRegex = .*
> ExcludeFilesRegex = .*
> AlwaysIncludeFile = boxitest.txt
> }
> }
>
> Other test settings:UpdateStoreInterval = 3
> MinimumFileAge = 4
> MaxUploadWait = 24
> FileTrackingSizeThreshold = 1024
> DiffingUploadSizeThreshold = 1024
> MaximumDiffingTime = 8
>
> Let me know if there's anything I can do to get through this block,
> and
> after that, what parts you'd like me to exercise.
>
> Thanks again, Chris,
> Pete
>
>
> --- Chris Wilson <chris@qwirx.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi Pete and all,
> >
> > >> Boxi has a GUI wizard for generating certificates in the new
> > version,
> > >> that links directly to the relevant OpenSSL code, so it doesn't
> > require
> > >> any Unix shell or openssl.exe.
> > >>
> > >> I haven't compiled it on Windows yet, but it's one of my next
> > >> priorities, and I intend to give you a pre-pre-prerelease for
> > testing
> > >> as soon as I have done so, which I hope will be in the next two
> > weeks.
> > >
> > > Great to hear about boxi! I can't wait to test it.
> >
> > The pre-pre-release is available at:
> >
> > [http://gcc.flexdns.net/boxi-win32-bin-060925.zip]
> >
> > This is a very early work in progress. It's a Windows-only binary,
> > built
> > using MinGW from the current Subversion sources. I know that it has
> > plenty
> > of bugs. I'm still finding bugs with my unit tests, so bug reports
> > are
> > probably not useful right now. On the other hand, feature
> > suggestions,
> > questions and ideas are very welcome. I hope to have an improved
> > version
> > available within a few weeks.
> >
> > Cheers, Chris.
> > --
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