[gentoo-user] Re: rdiff-backup needs ssh server?

2003-10-27 Thread Michael Mauch 
I wrote:

 I just started to use rdiff-backup, but I think it's possible to backup
 to an NFS-mounted directory (of course this needs an NFS server on one
 of the machines, but maybe it's already there).

Better forget this - ssh is more reliable and faster (see
http://rdiff-backup.stanford.edu/FAQ.html#dir_not_empty). 

Regards...
Michael

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[gentoo-user] Re: rdiff-backup needs ssh server?

2003-10-26 Thread Michael Mauch 
Matthias F. Brandstetter wrote:

  I have a server A and a laptop B and I wish A to backup files of B into
  some backup dir in A. Does B need to have an ssh server or something
  similar? I need to start rdiff-backup in B? How, if there's no init file
  in /etc/init.d? Can someone please explain this to me?
 
 you can use rdiff-backup from host A to B, or vice versa from B to A; 
 rdiff-backup has to be installed on both sides. if you want to use it via 
 SSH and automate this process (via cron for example), then you have to use 
 PubkeyAuthentication in SSH (look in /etc/ssh/sshd_config), so that you 
 don't have to give password every time.

I just started to use rdiff-backup, but I think it's possible to backup
to an NFS-mounted directory (of course this needs an NFS server on one
of the machines, but maybe it's already there).

Regards...
Michael

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