On Mon, 6 May 2013 16:15:56 +0000 (UTC) Hendrik Boom <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm currently using rdiff-backup onto removable USB drives for backup. I > don not encrypt them now because I'm terrified of losing the encryption > key and hence losing access to my backups. > > I'm planning to trade backup drives with an acquaintance for off-site > backups. I trust her, but I don't trust not every random person who > lives in her house or visits. > > Is there any way of doing the backup partially encrypted so that files > are encrypted only if not world-readable? Perhaps use the 'find' command with the '-perm' argument to generate lists of files that are and are not world readable, and pipe the outputs to the backup program with the appropriate invocations? I'm not a find guru, so I won't try to give the syntax, and I can't judge the level of performance hit that doing it this way will engender. Celejar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
