On Thursday 27 August 2015 11:46:45 Charles Curley wrote:

> On Thu, 27 Aug 2015 10:22:53 -0400
>
> Robert Heller <[email protected]> wrote:
> > What does SSH have to do which anything?  xinetd/inetd have to do
> > with launching service programs in response to various sort's of
> > network services -- services which don't have a full time deamon
> > with a listener and connection dispatcher of their own.
>
> Sorry, I should have been clearer.
>
> For those who are new to all this...
>
> [x]inetd provides a "listener" service. Rather than have amanda sit
> around and wait for the server to call, [x]inetd waits for the amanda
> server to knock at the door, then launches amanda, which then answers
> the door.
>
> Amanda over SSH works by having the server launch an SSH connection,
> and then running amanda over the SSH link. So you don't need [x]indetd
> on the client computer, at least not for amanda.
>
> As an extra benefit, you get an encrypted connection, so you can
> "transmit in the clear" over that connection.

Which sounds a bit like an everybody wins but the elapsed time clock 
solution.  Do able with the right scheduling IOW.

Cheers, Gene Heskett
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