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Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup Design
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Jakob Unterwurzacher |
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Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup Design |
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Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:19:36 +0200 |
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Gabriel Hahmann schrieb:
> Hi,
>
> I'm new to the list and I'm trying to find the best tool to do my
> backup's. In fact I alredy finded, duplicity and rdiff-backup.
>
> Both of them had things that I like and similarities, so my big
> question is, Why I can't do a backup with rdiff-backup over an ftp
> connection? What functions do it need from ssh that is not available
> from ftp?
>
> I've search all around and even in the rdiff-backup main page I found
> how it works.
>
> Could someone help me understanding the design of rdiff-backup,
> basically what it do with ssh that cant be done with ftp.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Gabriel.
>
rdiff-backup needs to be running on both the server and the client. FTP
can't execute commands on the remote end - that's it.
You probalby want to take a look at this thread:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/rdiff-backup-users/2009-05/msg00022.html
Jakob