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On Fri, Oct 03, 2003 at 05:10:45PM +0200, Alain Van Bierbeek wrote: > Hello, > > I have a little question about Rsync ... > > Can you say me if is it possible to use Rsync with crypted files ...? To rsync every file is just a sequence of bytes. It cares not what those bytes represent. Text, data, encrypted, compressed, or even corrupted; rsync doesn't care, it will faithfully synchronize from one copy to another. > > Thanks a lot > > Al > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > Of jw schultz > Sent: vendredi 3 octobre 2003 17:02 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Backing up laptops on network > > > On Fri, Oct 03, 2003 at 02:52:22PM +0100, Reuben Pearse wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > We are currently looking at a solution for backing up files on laptops > > to a server in a small office (10 users). > > > > I was looking at rsync as a solution. Here is my suggested solution: > > > > Install rsync on network server - this is Windows 2000 :-( > > Share the root of C:\ on laptops > > Schedule rsync to periodically mount to laptops share ove SMB (if they > > can be found) and running an incremental backup > > > > I would welcome comments on this. Thanks! > > I'd be cautious about sharing from the laptops. If they > ever get plugged into another network (wired or wireless) > you have a significant security breach. > > I'd also adjust the partitioning so all data files (and > Desktop) are on a separate filesystem. That filesystem can > then be more aggressively backed up. Whether by rynsc, > unison or some other method. Splitting the system (OS + > apps) and data filesystems also helps because if things go > strange you can just restore the system filesystem leaving > data untouched and being able to restore to a considerably > older, known stable, image can be advantageous for the > system but not for data. > > There will be some files on C: that simply won't get backed > up using normal means so unless you use ghost or dd from a > linux boot cd to occasionally copy the quiescent C: you can > only restore by first installing. The dd or ghost approach > also gives you a means to do bare metal restores. > > PS. MS has license issues with ghost. > > -- > ________________________________________________________________ > J.W. Schultz Pegasystems Technologies > email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Remember Cernan and Schmitt > -- > To unsubscribe or change options: > http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync > Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > > > -- ________________________________________________________________ J.W. Schultz Pegasystems Technologies email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Remember Cernan and Schmitt -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
