[Box Backup] Windows client help!

[Chris Wilson]

Hi Timothy,

On Tue, 12 Feb 2008, Timothy Wilson wrote:

> I'm trying to get my Windows machine to backup to my Ubuntu server. My
> Ubuntu workstation is backing up fine, so I'm familiar with the steps
> required to configure a client. The problem is that my Windows client
> is complaining about not being able to load the SSL certs. I have them
> where the conf says they should be, I'm loading the right config file
> etc, I'm wondering if I need the SSL libraries on my Windows system.

No, it's statically compiled in. The paths must be wrong. What does your 
configuration file say and what do the error messages say?

> I'm using the "boxbackup-chris_general_1857-backup-client-mingw32.zip", 
> which I found on the wiki. I think this is the latest Windows client 
> build. However, there are no ssl dlls here, or have they been statically 
> compiled? I don't know very much about this sort of thing I'm afraid.
> 
> This page http://www.boxbackup.org/instguide/apb.html#id2596280 tells me 
> that I need the openssl files. Where can I find them?

I think those instructions are outdated. I've never needed or distributed 
those files.

Cheers, Chris.
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