From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IWt4k-0002j9-1s for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 16 Sep 2007 12:18:10 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l8GC8p07014111; Sun, 16 Sep 2007 12:08:51 GMT Received: from smtp.nildram.co.uk (smtp.nildram.co.uk [195.149.33.74]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l8GC8o48014105 for ; Sun, 16 Sep 2007 12:08:51 GMT Received: from wstn.prhnet (prh.gotadsl.co.uk [81.6.251.123]) by smtp.nildram.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED4A24C7B5 for ; Sun, 16 Sep 2007 13:08:48 +0100 (BST) From: Peter Humphrey Organization: at home To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Local network backup Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2007 13:08:44 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <200709141022.26291.prh@gotadsl.co.uk> <200709151121.24750.prh@gotadsl.co.uk> <200709151243.19036.shrdlu@unlimitedmail.org> In-Reply-To: <200709151243.19036.shrdlu@unlimitedmail.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200709161308.44415.prh@gotadsl.co.uk> X-Archives-Salt: fce90288-b9e9-4bb0-8b73-f2057865646e X-Archives-Hash: 1753f24317559a76fa482add712674d2 On Saturday 15 Sep 2007, Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: > FWIW, I use app-backup/backuppc to backup some boxes. It runs as a daemon > (ie, not from a cron job), can use a variety of transport protocols > (ssh, rsync, smb - this lets you backup windows boxes), runs as an > unprivileged user on the server, does not require anything to be > installed on the clients, is highly configurable, and can be controlled > using a nice web interface (ie, backups can be automatically initiated > by the server or clients can request a backup of their box). > > hth This looks interesting - thanks. One thing - is it possible to install it on a box with no Web server? I tried the emerge just now and got fatal errors from webapp-config. I'll have a browse of the mailing list archives and see what I can turn up. -- Rgds Peter. Linux Counter 5290, Aug 93 -- gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list