Re: [ILUG] Linux Backup options

From: Rick Moen (rick at domain linuxmafia.com)
Date: Wed 10 Apr 2002 - 14:54:23 IST


Quoting Satelle, StevenX (stevenx.satelle at domain intel.com):

> I've been looking for a simple backup option for my machines. All I
> need is something that can backup /home and /etc on 2 machines and
> /home on a win2k machine and tar/gzip them onto a hard drv and do this
> from a cron job.

Can't help you with your MS-Win2k machine, but bewtween Unix hosts I'd
use "rsync -azx" (or similar) over SSH using a locked-down RSA keypair,
e.g., like this:

http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/linux-info/ssh-publickey-process

My advise: Use /sbin/fdisk to render the Win2k box compatible. ;->

-- 
Cheers,                              "Azathoth need not be present to win."
Rick Moen                                       -- Charles O. Baucum, Jr.
rick at domain linuxmafia.com


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