On 6/22/2011 12:42 PM, Jesse Callaway wrote:
> Is it possible to run smb, rsync, rsyncd, and tar all from a single
> BackupPC installation? Or is the default transfer protocol used globally
> for all clients?
>
> Specifically, I have clients which I would prefer to use rsync over ssh
> with, however being that I have an equal number of windows machines I'd
> like to back up over smb I feel stuck. Supposing I don't want to screw
> around with rsync on windows, or smb shares on linux clients is it
> advisable to run multiple copies of BackupPC, or is there a way to do
> both types of backups using one instance?

You can set one as the default and override it for specific clients. 
And when you create a new client host you can copy an existing one to 
pick up all of its settings so you don't have to repeat them for similar 
targets - just specify newhost=existinghost when you add in the web 
interface.

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   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com

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