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5.5. Per-Client Configuration

It is very easy to override the default settings per client. Under the data directory, there is a pc directory with one directory per client. To have custom client settings, simply create a new config.pl in the appropriate directory with the settings needed. As of version 3.0, per-client configuration files are stored below /etc/BackupPC/pc.

The per-client configuration files are used to specify different transfer settings, passwords, exclude files, and number of backups to keep. For example, the main configuration file might specify the XferMethod as smb for the Windows client machines while the per-client configuration files for the Linux machines override XferMethod to tar or rsync. Almost any setting can be overridden in the per-client configuration file. The exceptions are any settings dealing with the server itself, such as the wakeup schedule.