Adam Goryachev wrote:
>> 
> One thing you should be aware of though, is that rsyncd doesn't include
> any encryption, so anyone watching your internet traffic has plain text
> access to your data (virtually)... If you have a single linux box
> amongst your windows boxes, then I would suggest using rsyncd tunneled
> over SSH (I use this for one machine). This would also solve the problem
> with multiple servers behind a single external IP, and provides the
> encryption, and more limited external access, and could be more secure
> since you can use keys instead of a simple username/password.
> 
> Just my 0.02c worth....
> 
> Mind you, I would still be quite interested in a rsyncd which can handle
> open files.... or some reliable method of creating shadow copies and
> then using rsyncd to back it up.

While I think there are still bugs that keep cygwin rsync from working 
correctly when started by sshd, it is possible to run rsyncd with direct 
access blocked and use a port-forwarding tunnel set up through ssh to 
get encryption.  I think someone posted instructions for this to the 
list some time ago.  If you have sshd running on the windows side you 
should also be able to use it to execute pre and post commands to manage 
the shadow copies.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com




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