Re: [gentoo-amd64] Local network backup

[Wil Reichert]

I'm assuming since you're asking this question your firewall is locked
down pretty tight.  That said, backing up your personal data to it
seems like a not very good idea.  Were you planning on encrypting it
or something?  Anyway...

Who uses your internal network seems to be the variable here.  Is this
at work or home?  Is there a wireless router thrown in there
somewhere?

Wil

On 9/14/07, Peter Humphrey <prh@××××××××××.uk> wrote:
> Here's today's problem.
>
> I have a firewall-cum-gateway box between my tiny LAN and the Internet. The
> gateway runs constantly, while the internal boxes run when needed (they're my
> laptop and workstation). I want to use some space on the gateway to store
> backups of the other boxes, and I'd like the backup to run unattended at a
> time when the others are likely to be running. This seems not to be possible
> without security risks.
>
> I've looked through all the Gentoo app-backup packages and found very few that
> are suitable for use out of the box. Ssh figures in them all, which is a good
> thing I suppose - except that I can't find a way to have ssh or scp run
> unattended.
>
> Take rsnapshot, for instance. This looks like just what I need: automation via
> cron, history extending from hours to months, easy restoration and so on. It
> uses rsync, which can run either natively, which I'm not sure is prudent over
> the LAN, or over ssh. So in trying to set rsnapshot up to use ssh, and
> following the admirable guide by Daniel Robbins, I find that in order to
> avoid having to give a password every time a snapshot is taken, I have to
> remain logged in as root. This is not a good idea on a firewall box.
>
> So I seem to have a choice: (i) run my backups manually, (ii) run them without
> ssh. You see my dilemma.
>
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> Rgds
> Peter.
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