From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 29 14:28:30 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3AC5216A4DA for ; Mon, 29 Dec 2003 14:28:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from sparky.webaries.com (sparky.webaries.com [209.128.231.138]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6D6643D46 for ; Mon, 29 Dec 2003 14:28:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from matt@atopia.net) Received: from [192.168.2.6] (bgp591280bgs.jdover01.nj.comcast.net [68.39.220.133]) by sparky.webaries.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D19129F; Mon, 29 Dec 2003 17:28:24 -0500 (EST) From: Matthew Juszczak To: Dave McCammon In-Reply-To: <20031229221921.24860.qmail@web41410.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20031229221921.24860.qmail@web41410.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1072736923.2420.0.camel@prick> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.4 Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 17:28:44 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Backup Server X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 22:28:30 -0000 But there would only be one client .. the machine behind my firewall...connecting to the two servers, which are publically available. -Matt On Mon, 2003-12-29 at 17:19, Dave McCammon wrote: > --- Charles Swiger wrote: > > On Dec 29, 2003, at 3:21 PM, Matthew Juszczak wrote: > > > With rsync, it appears that my machine would need > > to run the server > > > software, and the two servers would run clients. > > That just wouldn't > > > work. > > > > While one can run rsync as a daemon (which might not > > be suitable for > > your purposes given what you've said), it's also > > possible to invoke > > rsync via SSH from either the "client" or the > > "server"... > > > > -- > > -Chuck > > > > > > install rsync from the ports on all machines > and on the "clients" do a > > /usr/local/bin/rsync -azRv --delete /etc > backup_server:/backup/ > > (modify command to your needs..see man rsync) > in a cron job or from command line. This command will > use rsync-over-ssh from the "client" to the > "backup_server". It will ask for a password unless you > set up keys for auto-login with ssh. > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. > http://photos.yahoo.com/ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"