You could install cygwin/rsync on the windows machine and build a script to
ssh to the backuppc server and make an alternate-port like 45000 rsyncd
tunnel. set the client config to backup localhost:45000 and have the remote
client's rsyncd set to port 45000. disable automatic backups in backuppc
and set the windows scheduler to run the script. You could also use putty
but would still have to install an rsyncd server such as cygwin or
deltacopy.
you would either need to use the Backuppc_dump so the tunnel stays connected
or you would need to also run a `while [ps -ef|grep -e Backuppc_serverMsg -e
$yourclientname]; then sleep 5; else exit; done` after the backup command so
that the tunnel stays open until that backup is finnished or killed. that
would be a fairly elegant system except that the putty windows for the
tunnel would be blank, unless you added some sort of message or add a
`Backuppc_serverMsg status jobs`. additionally, you could use
puttyfile(putty that uses config files instead of the registry) to make a
deployable package with NSIS installer.
only problem is that all Backuppc_* commands need to be run as user backuppc
so you would need to adjust your sudo settings to all ONLY these programs to
be run with sudo without a password.
On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 2:40 AM, Tino Schwarze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 09:01:05PM -0600, dan wrote:
>
> > I am using a product called hamachi that builds a sort of VPN. There is
> a
> > version for windows and for linux. the free version allows something
> like
> > 10 users per private network. they all get an IP address on this
> network
> > and you can run backuppc over this link. the IP address functions as
> static
> > so you can hardcode it in the client config. also, hamachi uses some
> sort
> > of shortest link routing so it will perform at full speed on the local
> > network but still be available over wifi in a hotel or at the users home
> on
> > dsl or something. works very well for me. this is an almost
> zero-hassle
> > solution that I have tested extensively.
>
> Hamachi is proprietary stuff. I wouldn't like being dependent on their
> central servers, proprietary client etc.
>
> Better use OpenVPN and get that one OpenVPN port through the firewall.
>
> Bye,
>
> Tino.
>
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