Package: backuppc Version: 3.0.0-2 Severity: wishlist during setting backuppc up i have consulted a good resource at http://www.ejustice.org/training/2006/06/backups-from-scratch-a-free-software-approach/ made for backuppc and ubuntu. it recommends using rsync through loginless ssh, with a few batchable actions to do on each client. i would ask you to implement this functionality in a backuppc client package, depending on rsync and ssh, that would require the backuppc user password on the server, and work in preinst. in the end of the client configuration, a client-host.pl file should be saved somewhere on the server /var/lib/backuppc/hosts, which should also be scanned for hosts. thus, a client may subscribe to a backuppc service by mere password of the server, without changing any configuration on the server. btw, a client may subscribe to several servers, or unsubscribe thereof by deleting it's file on server through ssh.
i would also ask for batching the creation of a bootdisk to be able to restore a system from scratch prior to restoring it's regular backup. btw: while the name backuppc may suggest a limited pc solution, here we have a crossplatform and multiplatform enterprise class backup service (though fakeroot itself is not fully portable), and full backups may be periodically written to server specific media. -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-4-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages backuppc depends on: ii adduser 3.102 Add and remove users and groups ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.13 Debian configuration management sy ii dpkg 1.13.25 package maintenance system for Deb ii exim4 4.63-17 metapackage to ease exim MTA (v4) ii exim4-daemon-heavy [mail-tran 4.63-17 exim MTA (v4) daemon with extended ii libarchive-zip-perl 1.16-1 Module for manipulation of ZIP arc ii libcompress-zlib-perl 1.42-2 Perl module for creation and manip ii lighttpd [httpd] 1.4.13-10 A fast webserver with minimal memo ii perl [libdigest-md5-perl] 5.8.8-7 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction ii perl-suid 5.8.8-7 Runs setuid Perl scripts ii samba-common 3.0.24-6 Samba common files used by both th ii smbclient 3.0.24-6 a LanManager-like simple client fo ii tar 1.16.1-1 GNU tar ii wwwconfig-common 0.0.48 Debian web auto configuration backuppc recommends no packages. -- debconf information: * backuppc/restart-webserver: false * backuppc/configuration-note: * backuppc/reconfigure-webserver: -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
