Matthias F. Brandstetter wrote:
> > I have a server A and a laptop B and I wish A to backup files of B into
> > some backup dir in A. Does B need to have an ssh server or something
> > similar? I need to start rdiff-backup in B? How, if there's no init file
> > in /etc/init.d? Can someone please explain this to me?
>
> you can use rdiff-backup from host A to B, or vice versa from B to A;
> rdiff-backup has to be installed on both sides. if you want to use it via
> SSH and automate this process (via cron for example), then you have to use
> PubkeyAuthentication in SSH (look in /etc/ssh/sshd_config), so that you
> don't have to give password every time.
I just started to use rdiff-backup, but I think it's possible to backup
to an NFS-mounted directory (of course this needs an NFS server on one
of the machines, but maybe it's already there).
Regards...
Michael
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