Re: [Nssbackup-team] [Bug 185167] Re: It lacks a special Notebook feature
I've implemented this for my wife as an autorun script on the external disk, which starts the backup. This works in Ubuntu (I don't know about other distro's). The only drawbacks are that it pops up a window asking the user if she want to execute this removable medium, and that you'll be depending on a proper setup in the configuration file, that will not be on the external disk. I do this with sbackup, but I'm sure it will work with nssbackup as the only feature you need is a command to start the backup. It wouldn't be difficult for [ns]sbackup to have an option in the gui to install itself onto a particular external disk. You could get some level of authorization by setting a custom backup path (possibly including a hash key in its name) that points to a directory on the external disk, and cancel backup if it doesn't exist. That way, any other USB drive with the same autorun script, would not get the backup. -- Groetjes, Anton _ ___ | | | | _ _ ___,| K. Anton Feenstra | | / \ / \'| | | IBIVU/Bioinformatics - Free University Amsterdam | |( | )| | | De Boelelaan 1083A - 1081 HV Amsterdam - Netherlands | | \_/ \_/ | | | Tel +31 20 59 87783 - Fax +31 20 59 87653 - Room P136 | | | feens...@few.vu.nl - www.few.vu.nl/~feenstra/ | | | "Step Aside, Butch" (Pulp Fiction)| |_|___| -- [Feature request] Auto backup when plugging external disk in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/185167 You received this bug notification because you are a member of NSsbackup team, which is subscribed to NSsbackup. ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~nssbackup-team Post to : nssbackup-team@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~nssbackup-team More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Nssbackup-team] [Bug 185167] Re: It lacks a special Notebook feature
** Changed in: nssbackup Milestone: release0.3 => None ** Description changed: - I installed a good friend after her Notebook died a Ubuntu at a used Thinkpad (was not expensive). - She writes only texts and is surfing a little bit. But her texts a very important for her, so I gave her the tip to backup it on a usb-stick and on a external-hdd. - It would be perfekt if the backup would start everytime a special partition will be mounted. (when the stick or the hdd appears (only her stick of course)) if the backup is already made it stops and if there should be made on, it should start! I wrote a little python-script, but that is a very dirty hack! bye Frank Polte + + Important: only her stick of course. + -> how to ensure the backup destination for the automated backup is authorized? ** Changed in: nssbackup Status: Confirmed => Opinion ** Changed in: sbackup (Ubuntu) Status: New => Opinion ** Summary changed: - It lacks a special Notebook feature + [Feature request] Auto backup when plugging external disk in -- [Feature request] Auto backup when plugging external disk in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/185167 You received this bug notification because you are a member of NSsbackup team, which is subscribed to NSsbackup. ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~nssbackup-team Post to : nssbackup-team@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~nssbackup-team More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Nssbackup-team] [Bug 185167] Re: It lacks a special Notebook feature
Meanwhile, you may consider an alternative. You can put an 'autorun' script on the USB stick that launches the backup. I've done that on my external disk, but that one only runs the backup config, so I can push 'make backup now' (that was actually still using sbackup). Presumably, you could likewise start the whole backup process in the background. (One caveat comes from Gnome's security features. You will *always* have to click 'yes' on two different notice windows to actually run the autorun script.) As to TimeMachine, I've started using TimeVault that does similar things. It can write to an external disk, and IIRC it will gracefully stop and re-start when the volume is removed and re-inserted. It's still in beta phase (0.7.3 now), but already seems to work quite stably. It's in the Ubuntu repo. (by the way, there isn't anything particular to notebooks about this feature...) -- It lacks a special Notebook feature https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/185167 You received this bug notification because you are a member of NSsbackup team, which is subscribed to NSsbackup. ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~nssbackup-team Post to : nssbackup-team@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~nssbackup-team More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Nssbackup-team] [Bug 185167] Re: It lacks a special Notebook feature
There is work on a similar system that you might be interested in: (it's still in alpha) https://launchpad.net/timevault/+download -- It lacks a special Notebook feature https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/185167 You received this bug notification because you are a member of NSsbackup team, which is subscribed to NSsbackup. ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~nssbackup-team Post to : nssbackup-team@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~nssbackup-team More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Nssbackup-team] [Bug 185167] Re: It lacks a special Notebook feature
Very interesting feature, partly it sounds like Mac's TimeMachine ;) So we put it on the wishlist for later releases. Unfortenately, it is not so easy to implement - so be patient. ** Changed in: nssbackup Status: New => Confirmed -- It lacks a special Notebook feature https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/185167 You received this bug notification because you are a member of NSsbackup team, which is subscribed to NSsbackup. ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~nssbackup-team Post to : nssbackup-team@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~nssbackup-team More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
