Re: [BackupPC-users] security & web server questions

2013-07-15 Thread Grant
s and the clients only have access to their own backup folder on the server. If a client is infiltrated, the infiltrator can wipe out the client's backups on the server but the rdiff-backup repository is safe. - Grant >> Hi, >> >> I can understand the question. If Backup

Re: [BackupPC-users] security & web server questions

2013-06-30 Thread Grant
t. You can also use restrictions with an ssh key for > some control over the allowed commands, but you can't really get > around the need to read anything you want to back up and to write if > you want to restore. Could I crea

Re: [BackupPC-users] security & web server questions

2013-06-30 Thread Grant
machine. And you save administration-nightmare when you just run > both on the same machine. Agreed! - Grant -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2de

[BackupPC-users] security & web server questions

2013-06-30 Thread Grant
On Linux, how is communication between the clients and the backup server achieved as far as security? Does the backup server pull or do the clients push and as which user? Can the web server reside on a different system than the backup server? - Grant