John Hannfield wrote:
> Hello
>
> I've just installed BackupPC and love it. It's really great, and
> great to see an open source application which competes with
> similar enterprise level products.
>
> I only need to backup Linux servers with rsync over SSH, and have set
> up a test deployement of BackupPC as described in the docs. But the
> current model is a server pull, which means the backup server has
> potential root on all my client machines. I would prefer a client push
> model. Has anyone devised a method of using BackupPC with rsync in
> a push model?
>
> If so, I would love to hear how you have done it.
I think the only way you could avoid giving the backuppc server root
access would be to have an intermediate system where the client can
rsync a copy which the backuppc server subsequently picks up. It will
waste the disk space for the intermediate copy but it might solve some
logistical problems.
--
Les Mikesell
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