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Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC over a Firewall (IPtables)

2009-01-30 09:12:13
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC over a Firewall (IPtables)
From: "Jeffrey J. Kosowsky" <backuppc AT kosowsky DOT org>
To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 09:08:10 -0500
Sam Przyswa wrote at about 19:07:26 +0100 on Wednesday, January 28, 2009:
 > 
 > 
 > Rob Owens a écrit :
 > > You could use either a VPN or ssh port forwarding.  For ssh port 
 > > forwarding, it would go something like this:
 > >
 > > ssh -L 2222:remotemachine:22 username@servername
 > >
 > > Then you can do:
 > >
 > > ssh -p 2222 someuser@localhost
 > >
 > > "servername" is a machine behing the firewall that can receive ssh 
 > > requests from the internet.  "remotemachine" is a machine on the same 
 > > network as "servername", which you want to ssh into (for the purpose of 
 > > running a backup).  The port forwarding makes your local port 2222 pretend 
 > > to be port 22 on "remotemachine". 
 > >
 > > This works for one remote host.  You would need to repeat the process for 
 > > each remote host.  You could specify a different port (2223, perhaps), or 
 > > you could re-use port 2222 as long as you end the previous session before 
 > > starting a new one.
 > >   
 > 
 > Ok but with 200 machines, manage 200 port forwards it's not very useful, 
 > and what about Windows machines and SMB shares ?

You could introduce some perl script to assign a unique port based
upon machine/host name (look at the archives to see my post on that
fro 1-2 months back)

 > 
 > > This will all have to be worked into a DumpPreUserCmd.
 > >   
 > 
 > What is DumpPreUserCmd ?
 > 
 > Thanks for your help and for Jon Craig too.
 > 
 > Sam.
 > 
 > On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 06:09:13PM +0100, Sam Przyswa wrote:
 > >> Hi,
 > >>
 > >> Is it a way to backup multiples Windows and Ubuntu machines (up to 200 
 > >> machines) over a firewall on the same port if it's possible ?
 > >>
 > >> Thanks for your reply.
 > >>
 > >> Sam.
 > >>
 > >>     
 > 
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