[TriLUG] OSS Backup software and mulitple OS clients

Randy Barlow randy at electronsweatshop.com
Wed Jul 26 00:30:46 EDT 2006


Roy Vestal wrote:
> I checked out BackupPC and my only complaint is that it uses SAMBA to
> backup. The data we have to backup we want to keep somewhat hidden, i.e.
> no Windows Shares...

Roy, though BackupPC's "preferred" method for backing up windows is
samba, you don't _have_ to use samba.  You could also use tar or rsync
over ssh if you setup the windows boxen with sshd under cygwin.  I still
vote for BackupPC :)



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