Hello Steven,
I do agree that restoration is sort of an arcane process with only a couple
good options, and that FUSE is a good way to get around it. Perhaps working
some client authentication in there that talks to the remote BackupPC server
would also be a good idea.
If you're looking at the BackupPC source code and really do plan on making a
read-only file system, you should look at lib/BackupPC/View.pm,
lib/BackupPC/FileZIO.pm, and lib/BackupPC/Attrib.pm to get an idea of how
the pool structure is read. this may also require some work on the
server-side to handle authentication, as permissions for BackupPC pool
access are handled through the daemon and various modules. Feel free to
email me about any ideas or questions you have.
Adios,
On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 3:41 PM, Stephen Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hello Paul,
>
> I did see something about a BSDfuse too.
>
> I would not want users writting to the backups or using them for anything
> but
> getting old versions of their files. I was thinking of something read-only
> like netapps snapshots only very different in implementation.
>
> The main reason for wanting backups as regular filesystems is so they can
> be
> exported via NFS or samba to clients allowing users to use their native
> tools
> to restore files. The web interface is great for people who have some idea
> how backuppc works but making things as simple as possible from the user
> point of view is a good aim. Many non-technical users have trouble with
> anything more complex than drag and drop.
>
> I have started on a fuse script. It will take some time to get it right and
> even longer to get it up to the standard needed for possible inclusion in
> BackupPC. I'll let this list know when I have something workable.
>
>
> Stephen
>
>
> On Tuesday 22 July 2008 21:35:36 Paul Mantz wrote:
> > Hello Steven,
> >
> > FUSE is a very cool system and the idea is completely feasible. MacFUSE
> > also exists, which would allow OS X users to use the FUSE filesystem.
> > However, actually having a drive mounted on the machine may promote the
> use
> > of the BackupPC pool as a storage unit in and of itself, which would be a
> > mistake once older backups start getting deleted.
> >
> > BackupPC's web interface can be configured so that users can only look at
> > the backups of their particular computer. I'd suggest reading the CGI
> > options in the /etc/BackupPC/config.pl script if you'd like to go that
> > route.
> >
> > Adios,
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 1:04 PM, Stephen Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > BackupPC developers,
> > >
> > > I use BackupPC at home and at work, thanks for this great tool.
> > >
> > >
> > > What I would find useful is to be able to access point in time backups
> as
> > > filesystems via fuse, with the original permissions and ownerships
> > > intact. That way users could be able to restore their own files without
> > > having to understand anything about BackupPC.
> > >
> > > I know this would only ever work on linux so maybe it belongs in a
> > > separate project?
> > >
> > > Has this idea been considered? I searched google and could not find
> > > anything
> > > relevant.
> > >
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Stephen Day - System admin and unix guy.
> > >
> > >
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