Quoting will trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > what's wrong with rsync? > > i'm heartily exploring backup methodologies and from what i can > tell, rsync sure looks like "the bomb". > > any drawbacks? some good reason to NOT use it? something better? > > i'll be backing up the usual stuff (/etc /home ... and > /var/backups with pg_dump output in them...) > > apparently it does a remote diff somehow and then sends only the > parts that need changing? i can't imagine that it's possible to > compare two 1mb text files for differences without at least > sending one across the wires -- yet the manpage certainly has me > thinking that's what they claim it does. hmm? >
Be sure and use it only behind a good firewall, in a trusted LAN. The whole r* (rsync, rsh, etc.) series is wildly insecure. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
