I've implemented this for my wife as an autorun script on the external disk, which starts the backup. This works in Ubuntu (I don't know about other distro's). The only drawbacks are that it pops up a window asking the user if she want to execute this removable medium, and that you'll be depending on a proper setup in the configuration file, that will not be on the external disk. I do this with sbackup, but I'm sure it will work with nssbackup as the only feature you need is a command to start the backup.
It wouldn't be difficult for [ns]sbackup to have an option in the gui to install itself onto a particular external disk. You could get some level of authorization by setting a custom backup path (possibly including a hash key in its name) that points to a directory on the external disk, and cancel backup if it doesn't exist. That way, any other USB drive with the same autorun script, would not get the backup. -- Groetjes, Anton _____________ _______________________________________________________ | | | | _ _ ___,| K. Anton Feenstra | | / \ / \'| | | IBIVU/Bioinformatics - Free University Amsterdam | |( | )| | | De Boelelaan 1083A - 1081 HV Amsterdam - Netherlands | | \_/ \_/ | | | Tel +31 20 59 87783 - Fax +31 20 59 87653 - Room P136 | | | feens...@few.vu.nl - www.few.vu.nl/~feenstra/ | | | "Step Aside, Butch" (Pulp Fiction) | |_____________|_______________________________________________________| -- [Feature request] Auto backup when plugging external disk in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/185167 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
