Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Backing up from Linux to Windows?

[Dominic]

Austin Roberts wrote:
> Windows to Linux works fine with the native binary, Linux to Windows 
> is where I'm having problems. Is there any way to start the native 
> windows client as a server and back up to it? I've tried using SSH, 
> and I can run the native Windows client (as opposed to the Cygwin 
> version), but it complains when I try to specify the drive letter.
>
> Tomorrow I'm going to try the BackupFromWindowsToLinux instructions, 
> using a remote source and local destination. Hopefully I'll be able to 
> script it so I can run a script from the Linux source and have the 
> Windows destination initiate the rdiff-backup sequence with the native 
> rdiff-backup binary.
>
> If I get it working smoothly, I'll make a BackupFromLinuxToWindows 
> page on the wiki.
>
> - Austin
>
> On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 10:45 PM, Andrew Ferguson 
> <address@hidden <mailto:address@hidden>> wrote:
I guess you need an SSH server on the Windows machine. I had a free one 
installed but recently uninstalled it (as I use rdiff the more usual 
way: Windows -> Linux) and can't find it now. But here is another free 
one that looks ok: http://mobassh-en.mobatek.net/. I think port 22 would 
need to be open for TCP traffic, and you should make sure that the 
remote command (--remote-schema) contains the path to rdiff-backup.exe 
on the server (or that rdiff-backup.exe's location is in the Windows 
PATH variable). HTH

Dominic