Les Mikesell wrote at about 10:09:41 -0600 on Tuesday, December 14, 2010: > On 12/14/2010 9:39 AM, gregwm wrote: > > "pull" is fine for most circumstances, but i have an instance where > > "push" is the only option. assuming i don't run nightly or trashclean > > remotely, any danger in mounting the backuppc volume via sshfs and > > running BackupPC_dump? > > That doesn't sound even close to being reasonable. How about running > ssh with a port-forwarding tunnel that the server can use after the > client originates the connection? Or perhaps a VPN like openvpn that > you connect as needed? >
Last time I checked 'sshfs' won't even work because it doesn't handle hard links properly. It only 'imitates' a filesystem - it doesn't provide all the capabilities of a file system necessary for backuppc to work (unless sshfs has changed in the past year or two) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lotusphere 2011 Register now for Lotusphere 2011 and learn how to connect the dots, take your collaborative environment to the next level, and enter the era of Social Business. http://p.sf.net/sfu/lotusphere-d2d _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
