Re: [eug-lug]Rsync Backup Solution over SSH

2003-10-22 Thread Ben Barrett
And I presume that if one doesn't trust SSH, and was using, say vtun or ipsec, that one would remove the SSH bits you added and treat it as though it is a local, unencrypted rsync? I mention this specifically because I am wary of host-based authentication, especially on a remote server (by the

Re: [eug-lug]Rsync Backup Solution Over SSH

2003-10-22 Thread Bob Miller
D. Cooper Stevenson wrote: Here's the scenario: you need a backup solution that will make a complete backup of your server and automatically rotate the backup snapshots using rsync. I looked at doing this last year when I was setting up backups here. Then I discovered BackupPC

Re: [eug-lug]Rsync Backup Solution over SSH

2003-10-22 Thread D. Cooper Stevenson
On Wed, 2003-10-22 at 08:46, Ben Barrett wrote: And I presume that if one doesn't trust SSH, and was using, say vtun or ipsec, that one would remove the SSH bits you added and treat it as though it is a local, unencrypted rsync? Yeah, I mean the rotation framework is there, and the command

[eug-lug]Rsync Backup Solution Over SSH

2003-10-21 Thread D. Cooper Stevenson
All, Here's the scenario: you need a backup solution that will make a complete backup of your server and automatically rotate the backup snapshots using rsync. These two scripts will take a snapshot once every four hours (depending on your crontab entry) and automatically rotate the snapshots

[eug-lug]Rsync Backup Solution over SSH

2003-10-21 Thread D. Cooper Stevenson
All, Here's the scenario: you need a backup solution that will make a complete backup of your server and automatically rotate the backup snapshots using rsync. These two scripts will take a snapshot once every four hours (depending on your crontab entry) and automatically rotate the snapshots