Re: Central Backup Server

On Mon, 2005-01-10 at 22:02 +0100, Miek Gieben wrote:
> ssh client -e hdup monthly @server
> 
> the client will then start a hdup, which will inturn
> invoke an hdup on the server which puts the data on
> disk.
> 
> Or I'm missing the obvious here? :)

That works fine, as long as the client is able to make an ssh connection
to the server.  It fails if the server doesn't run sshd, or if it is
behind a firewall that doesn't allow incoming ssh, or if the
administrator simply does not want to allow the client to have a
passwordless ssh key that allows access to the server.  

These would be relatively common since central backup servers are high-
value targets for hackers & thus need strong protections; whereas the
clients may be less protected web servers, DMZ machines, etc.

Bng
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