On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 08:48:24PM -0700, John Locke wrote: > > This should be easier if you are running Active Directory as Microsoft > > workstations add entries to AD when they get an IP. > This isn't the issue--I've already got DHCP updating DNS with client > hostnames. BackupPC can find the hosts, no problem. The issue is that I > would rather keep server software (rsyncd, ssh, Windows > Networking/Samba) off my mobile clients, and initiate backups from them > so they don't have to enable/disable firewalls, etc. when connecting to > untrusted networks.
write a little program that runs on the windows client, turns on the rsync and/or ssh servers, connects to backuppc to initiate a backup, and then when rsyncd exits you're done. Keeping track of rsync being in use might be a little tricky, but shouldn't be too tough. worst case, tail its log file. This is almost trivial to do as a perl script (cygwin issues might complicate it). Using VB or tcl/tk to put a gui around it probably wouldn't be tough. danno -- Dan Pritts, System Administrator Internet2 office: +1-734-352-4953 | mobile: +1-734-834-7224 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
