Re: [BackupPC-users] New user questions

2007-04-23 Thread Johan Ehnberg
> I think someone posted a > scheme to run ssh with port-forwarding to each remote box a long time > ago but I've forgotten how it knew when to disconnect. I found the old post and added my trick to the mix, I will post it on the list with some details later when it's well tested. Works like a

Re: [BackupPC-users] New user questions

2007-04-23 Thread Johan Ehnberg
> I think someone posted a > scheme to run ssh with port-forwarding to each remote box a long time > ago but I've forgotten how it knew when to disconnect. I know a way for disconnecting gracefully but I don't know how to make backuppc background the invited ssh tunnel command. It does not rec

Re: [BackupPC-users] New user questions

2007-04-22 Thread Les Mikesell
Johan Ehnberg wrote: >> The best approach here would be to use a VPN from the server to the >> client LAN. If you use openvpn you could enable compression there >> instead of ssh. I've also sometimes used a Linux box in the remote >> office where all the other machines would rsync current cop

Re: [BackupPC-users] New user questions

2007-04-22 Thread John Pettitt
Johan Ehnberg wrote: > John Pettitt wrote: > >> Johan Ehnberg wrote: >> >>> VPN:s are not a good idea in my case since they would cross over >>> different organizations. >>> >> Huh? Just because it's a VPN it doesn't have to be wide open. A VPN >> with firewall rules that only a

Re: [BackupPC-users] New user questions

2007-04-22 Thread Johan Ehnberg
John Pettitt wrote: > Johan Ehnberg wrote: >> VPN:s are not a good idea in my case since they would cross over >> different organizations. > > Huh? Just because it's a VPN it doesn't have to be wide open. A VPN > with firewall rules that only allow connections from the BackupPC server > to t

Re: [BackupPC-users] New user questions

2007-04-22 Thread John Pettitt
Johan Ehnberg wrote: > VPN:s are not a good idea in my case since they would cross over > different organizations. Huh? Just because it's a VPN it doesn't have to be wide open. A VPN with firewall rules that only allow connections from the BackupPC server to the rsyncd ports on the clients s

Re: [BackupPC-users] New user questions

2007-04-22 Thread Johan Ehnberg
>> 3) Clients behind NAT >> Is there some solution for connecting to clients behind NAT e.g.. >> changing the port when the default one is in use for the firewall. >> This can be hacked in the rsync command of course, but an extension to >> the client alias would be a nice way to reduce discrepa

Re: [BackupPC-users] New user questions

2007-04-20 Thread Les Mikesell
Johan Ehnberg wrote: > > My name is Johan Ehnberg, I am an ICT consult and backup my various > computers over the Internet. I need fault tolerance at the network > level, low bandwidth needs even for huge jobs (I/O and CPU is not an > issue) and flexibility in configuration. > > I have started

[BackupPC-users] New user questions

2007-04-20 Thread Johan Ehnberg
Hello list! My name is Johan Ehnberg, I am an ICT consult and backup my various computers over the Internet. I need fault tolerance at the network level, low bandwidth needs even for huge jobs (I/O and CPU is not an issue) and flexibility in configuration. I have started playing around with ba

[BackupPC-users] New user questions

2006-11-25 Thread Dr. Lawrence M. Fox
I'm wanting to use Backuppc to backup a 15GB windows directory from my office to my home. I'm running Ubuntu 6.10 at home. This directory contains thousands of files that won't change from day to day, and, perhaps a couple dozen that change daily. My questions: Can I "prepolulate" my home backup fo