Chris Robertson wrote:
> error403 wrote:
>> Hi, I want to make backups for some members of my family and I'm trying to 
>> find a way to use something else than netbios names, but rather 
>> dynamicdomains like useralias.no-ip.com .  Is there any way to do that with 
>> backuppc?
> 
> Define the host as "useralias.no-ip.com instead of "NETBIOSHostName".
> 
>>   Also, two computers are in the same remote house so I might need to do 
>> some port redirection on their router but I would need to know how to use an 
>> alternate port.
> 
> This is entirely dependent on the NAT device...  The good news is you 
> could forward (for example) port 1418 on the NAT device to port 22 on 
> computer "A" and port 1419 on the NAT device to port 22 on computer "B".
> 
>>   I'm thinking of installing/using some sftp server sofware on their 
>> computer.
>>   
> 
> Better would be an rsyncd service, as that would allow you to only 
> transfer changes.

If they are unix/linux/mac boxes you can use rsync over ssh.  On windows 
you can use ssh port forwarding to connect to rsync in daemon mode.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com




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