Re: Using a CD to make initial copy

2008-12-07 Thread Jay Strauss
Ah, thanks for pointing that out. Thanks Jay On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 7:10 PM, Chris Shoemaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Dec 07, 2008 at 06:58:57PM -0600, Jay Strauss wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have 20Gb of data I need to back up. It takes too copy it across >&

Using a CD to make initial copy

2008-12-07 Thread Jay Strauss
Hi, I have 20Gb of data I need to back up. It takes too copy it across the internet. Is there a way I can copy it locally to some removable media like a couple of DVDs, then bring them to the target machine, copy onto the target, then run rsync to grab any updates? What if the target doesn't ha

Re: rsync via tunnel - 3 boxes separated by internet [solved]

2005-08-24 Thread Jay Strauss
Hi Wayne, I'm not subscribed anymore, but I once sent you this example/FAQ. I searched the archives (because I needed to implement this) and noticed I never posted the solution (like a dummy). Would you post it for me? Thanks Jay Backing up through a firewall Its very common to have a setu

Re: does rsync run as a service?

2005-05-17 Thread Jay Strauss
dtra wrote: hi all sorry for the question, but i can't seem to find information on this i'm a linux novice, we are looking to do web server backups i'm using redhat 9, rsync 2.6.4 (among others, rhel3 as well) but is rsync always checking for changes or does it only run when invoked from the comman

Re: rsync via tunnel - 3 boxes separated by internet [solved]

2005-05-16 Thread Jay Strauss
Wayne Davison wrote: On Sun, May 15, 2005 at 08:44:53PM -0500, Jay Strauss wrote: Do you maintain the FAQ? I'll write up something if you want That would be nice. I can put the result onto the rsync website. ..wayne.. Hey Wayne, did you get my email with the write up? I've been getti

Re: rsync via tunnel - 3 boxes separated by internet [solved]

2005-05-15 Thread Jay Strauss
Wayne Davison wrote: On Sun, May 15, 2005 at 05:59:32PM -0500, Jay Strauss wrote: Permission denied (publickey,keyboard-interactive). You need to enable password-less access, usually accomplished by using an ssh-key setup and having ssh forward authorizations using ssh-agent. There is a link on

Re: rsync via tunnel - 3 boxes separated by internet

2005-05-15 Thread Jay Strauss
Wayne Davison wrote: On Sun, May 15, 2005 at 05:59:32PM -0500, Jay Strauss wrote: Permission denied (publickey,keyboard-interactive). You need to enable password-less access, usually accomplished by using an ssh-key setup and having ssh forward authorizations using ssh-agent. There is a link on

Re: rsync via tunnel - 3 boxes separated by internet

2005-05-15 Thread Jay Strauss
Wayne Davison wrote: On Sun, May 15, 2005 at 02:33:15PM -0500, Jay Strauss wrote: BoxA --internet-- BoxB (accessable only by ssh) -- BoxC What about this? rsync -av --rsync-path="ssh BoxC rsync" BoxB:/source/ /dest/ This command looks like it is copying a file from BoxB, but

Re: rsync via tunnel - 3 boxes separated by internet

2005-05-15 Thread Jay Strauss
Wayne Davison wrote: On Sun, May 15, 2005 at 02:33:15PM -0500, Jay Strauss wrote: BoxA --internet-- BoxB (accessable only by ssh) -- BoxC What about this? rsync -av --rsync-path="ssh BoxC rsync" BoxB:/source/ /dest/ This command looks like it is copying a file from BoxB, but

Re: rsync via tunnel - 3 boxes separated by internet

2005-05-15 Thread Jay Strauss
Christoph Biedl wrote: Jay Strauss wrote... Questions: 1) Is there a way to do this without setting up an rsyncd on the target box? You could tunnel ssh-over-ssh instead of rsync-over-ssh. Pitfalls: - tcp-over-tcp considered harmful, so do this on the more reliable link. - ssh will give LOUD

rsync via tunnel - 3 boxes separated by internet

2005-05-15 Thread Jay Strauss
Hi, I have searched the archived, and see this question has come up with some frequency, but the solution by the original poster is never posted or the question is not answered completely. I have also RTFM (rsync and ssh), and I've been trying examples that I have googled. So here it is again.