The more I think about it it seems you can do this quite securely using either ssh -R and/or ssh -L pipes. Luke Davis writes: > Janina > > Yes, tar does have those capabilities, and I have used it for exactly this > purpose. It's only drawback in this regard, is the need for the > intermediate step, of storing the archived data locally, while the copy is > in progress. > Rsync does the transfer in (near) realtime, so does not have that problem. > > Now, if I had a ten GB partition to backup, and 8 GB was available, then > there would be no problem using tar. However, if you flip that, to 8 GB > used, even with compression, tar isn't going to cut it, without some > really intricate juggling. > > > On Tue, 28 Sep 2004, Janina Sajka wrote: > > >Good morning, Luke, > > > >Isn't this another job for tar? I see a -p for preserve permissions, as > >well as a --same-owner switch. > > > >It would seem that exactly this situation would have been a common user > >requirement historically for tar. > > > >Luke Davis writes: > >>If rsync is used to backup data for multiple users, on to a system whereon > >>the recipient for the files, is a single user, rsync will, of course, set > >>the user and group of all files, to the recipient user. > >> > >>If dealing with a large number of users, it is less than ideal, to create > >>all of the users on the target backup server. > >> > >>Is there any way to do such backups, in the rsync method, while still > >>preserving ownership data, but without creating all of the users involved? > >>Some sort of meta ownership data. > >> > >>If not, what might be another method of doing this? > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>Speakup mailing list > >>Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > >>http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Chair Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina at freestandards.org Phone: +1 202.494.7040
