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I'm using backupninja to backup data from my laptop, desktop, and |
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remote server onto a remote desktop system. backupninja is very |
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simple and is really just an interface to a few other programs |
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including rdiff-backup. I'm not worried about a good restore method |
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for now, I want to focus on keeping it simple and protecting my data. |
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This is the first time I've set up a real backup system and I'd love |
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to get some advice from you guys. I've got a few questions. |
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1. This is the first time I've used passwordless SSH keys. root on |
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each system being backed up logs into the remote desktop as a normal |
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user to store the backups. Is this pretty safe? I suppose if root is |
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compromised on any of the three systems being backed up (via physical |
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access or otherwise), the remote desktop will also be compromised as a |
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normal user. Maybe that normal user should be extraordinarily |
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unprivileged? |
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2. backupninja can email reports. This works on my remote server |
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which runs postfix, but my laptop and desktop don't run an MTA. Is |
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there a simple one that would be well-suited to a purpose like this, |
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or do I need full-blown postfix on my laptop and desktop? Whatever I |
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choose, I'd also like to use it to send PORTAGE_ELOG messages from |
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those systems. |
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3. On each system I back up /etc, /home/user/backup, |
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/var/lib/portage/world, and /usr/src/linux/.config along with anything |
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special from that system. Would anyone recommend I back up anything |
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else? Some of the hidden directories in /home/user might come in |
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handy, but I think I can rebuild those without too much trouble. |
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4. I have 600GB of music and photos that I'd like to back up somehow, |
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but that is too much data to send to my remote desktop over my 20KB/s |
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upload. How would you handle this? I was thinking maybe two external |
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USB drives that I switch back and forth between being connected to the |
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desktop system and being stored in a fireproof/waterproof container |
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and hidden somewhere in my apartment to hopefully protect against |
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fire, flood, and theft. |
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5. Do I have enough redundancy with backups only being stored on one system? |
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6. Any ideas for backing up the remote desktop which is the system |
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where all the backups are stored? I can't back it up to my desktop or |
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laptop because I'm behind some kind of a shared IP address. I also |
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don't want to back it up to the remote server because that would |
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require SSH keys on the remote server and if the remote desktop is |
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compromised I don't want the remote server compromised along with it. |
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Thanks guys, |
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Grant |