Re: [gentoo-user] rsync backup system

[Grant]

>> A much better way is to run a dedicated agent on the client. If the server
>> needs to schedule backups, it can ask the agent to do so using regular tcp
>> traffic. The client can then do it's backup and rsync it over to the server
>> when it's done, and that push can be done as a regular user on both ends. The
>> actual backing up on the client must be done by root of course, no other user
>> has the necessary access.
>
> Sounds great. Is there any software that works this way?
>
> Ward

I'd like to know too.  :)

- Grant