Gabriel Hahmann schrieb: > Hi, > > I'm new to the list and I'm trying to find the best tool to do my > backup's. In fact I alredy finded, duplicity and rdiff-backup. > > Both of them had things that I like and similarities, so my big > question is, Why I can't do a backup with rdiff-backup over an ftp > connection? What functions do it need from ssh that is not available > from ftp? > > I've search all around and even in the rdiff-backup main page I found > how it works. > > Could someone help me understanding the design of rdiff-backup, > basically what it do with ssh that cant be done with ftp. > > Thanks in advance. > > Gabriel. >
rdiff-backup needs to be running on both the server and the client. FTP can't execute commands on the remote end - that's it. You probalby want to take a look at this thread: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/rdiff-backup-users/2009-05/msg00022.html Jakob _______________________________________________ rdiff-backup-users mailing list at [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users Wiki URL: http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki
