On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 10:12 AM, Randy Orrison <randy.orri...@gmail.com> wrote: > I said: >> Considering that they don't even bother to plug in their network >> cable, they're going to go to the web UI to request a backup > > I meant: > they're *not* going to go to the web UI
You could set up a VPN (like openvpn) that connects to the backuppc server anytime it can with a known private address, and treat them just like they are on the LAN. And when the random backup activity bothers them, perhaps you will be able to get them to control it with the web UI or make a push-button icon that hits the web interface with wget or curl for them. If they are on private LANs in different locations you would have a choice of connecting/routing the LANs through the VPN (although that can be tricky if the IP ranges conflict) or running openvpn on each target computer, tunneling directly to the backuppc server. -- Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-novd2d _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/