Chris Robertson wrote:
> error403 wrote:
>> Hi, I want to make backups for some members of my family and I'm trying to
>> find a way to use something else than netbios names, but rather
>> dynamicdomains like useralias.no-ip.com . Is there any way to do that with
>> backuppc?
>
> Define the host as "useralias.no-ip.com instead of "NETBIOSHostName".
>
>> Also, two computers are in the same remote house so I might need to do
>> some port redirection on their router but I would need to know how to use an
>> alternate port.
>
> This is entirely dependent on the NAT device... The good news is you
> could forward (for example) port 1418 on the NAT device to port 22 on
> computer "A" and port 1419 on the NAT device to port 22 on computer "B".
>
>> I'm thinking of installing/using some sftp server sofware on their
>> computer.
>>
>
> Better would be an rsyncd service, as that would allow you to only
> transfer changes.
If they are unix/linux/mac boxes you can use rsync over ssh. On windows
you can use ssh port forwarding to connect to rsync in daemon mode.
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