Hi there, I have one machine (Machine 1) that I need backup its files periodically. I also have another machine (Machine 2) that will hold the backup. Machine 2 can "see" (make requests to) Machine 1, but the opposite isn't true. The network is covered by a firewall, so I don need a paranoid solution. I was thinking about doing the following:
On Machine 1, put it on the crontab to put netcat waiting for requests, and when it did receive a request, dump the files. Like this: tar -jc / | nc -l -p 500 And on the crontab of Machine 2, I'd put something like this, only a few minutes later, to avoid any errors from clock differences: nc machine1 500 > backup.tar.bz2 But before doing this, I'd like some suggestions or may be some better solutions you guys might know. Thanks for the attention, Raphael. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
