> On Tue, Aug 02, 2016 at 06:12:33PM -0300, Daniel Bareiro wrote: >> Hi all! >> >> I'm thinking deploy a Debian backup server using Dirvish (which is based >> on rsync --- indeed, we have packaged it in Debian). On previous >> occasions I implemented these solutions seamlessly with GNU/Linux >> clients, but now I would like add Windows clients. >> >> The idea of using Dirvish is because I had a very good experience. >> Besides using rsync with hard links for backups of files that do not >> change from backup to the next allows a considerable saving of disk space. >> >> But to use Dirvish with Windows clients I will need to install an SSH >> server. I had thought that an alternative would be to use Cygwin, but >> was looking for documentation and I have not found any uniform process >> to install and configure a Cygwin SSH server on Windows.
Have you tried Putty? I know next to nothing about Windows, but I've seen Putty discussed like it does SSH seriously. Dirvish, I think, is a good backup package. It creates backups that can be handled with plain *nix software if you lose the backup software. Like Amanda. -- Glenn English