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From: felix@×××××××.com
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Dropbox, cli, and all that [SOLVED]
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2010 14:52:55
Message-Id: 20100925145100.GA2811@crowfix.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Dropbox, cli, and all that by Jean-Christophe Bach
1 On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 08:31:14AM +0200, Jean-Christophe Bach wrote:
2 > I'm using Dropox to synchronize few conf files and data between my
3 > Gentoo boxes (desktops and server). I only use it in CLI, without
4 > nautilus or something else (my server has no X server).
5 > Since I do not want to let Dropbox having clear data, I encrypt
6 > them with encFS. Lokk at these few links I used :
7 > https://www.dropbox.com/downloading?os=lnx (official page, the first
8 > solution is for server install)
9 > http://wiki.dropbox.com/TipsAndTricks/TextBasedLinuxInstall (the
10 > tutorial itself)
11 > https://www.dropbox.com/download?dl=packages/dropbox.py (the CLI script)
12 > http://pragmattica.wordpress.com/2009/05/10/encrypting-your-dropbox-seamlessly-and-automatically/
13 > (an encFS+Dropbox tutorial, very useful)
14 >
15 > Then I run .dropbox-dist/dropbox (or .dropbox-dist/dropboxd if I want it
16 > as a daemon) when I want a synchronization. Run it without '&' and type
17 > ctrl-C to stop it after sync, or write a simple start/stop script.
18
19 This did the trick. Thanks!
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