Re: [BackupPC-users] What is the latest on getting cygwin rsync/ssh to work for BackupPC
2008-10-27 00:22:01
dan wrote at about 21:45:25 -0600 on Sunday, October 26, 2008:
> I have posted this a few times but here it is again.
>
> Instead of installing cygwin completely, install Deltacopy instead.
>
> 1) It is rsync on windows via cygwin
> 2) it has a nice GUI
> 3) directorys available via rsync are settable via aliases. (Documents and
> Settings can be "docs")
> 4) can use authentication to provide some basic security.
> 5) runs as a service
> 6) service can be run under a username that is capable of reading all files
> but not writing
>
> I use this extensively while backing up windows desktops.
- Can it coexist with a full cygwin install (I have cygwin installed
already) or does it have conflicts with the cygwin1.dll (or other
things?
- Is it doing something different from cygwin rsync/ssh or is it just
a nicer/cleaner UI? If so, what is different that makes it work
better?
Thanks
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