On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 10:12 AM, Randy Orrison <randy.orrison AT gmail DOT 
com> wrote:
> I said:
>> Considering that they don't even bother to plug in their network
>> cable, they're going to go to the web UI to request a backup
>
> I meant:
> they're *not* going to go to the web UI


You could set up a VPN (like openvpn) that connects to the backuppc
server anytime it can with a known private address, and treat them
just like they are on the LAN. And when the random backup activity
bothers them, perhaps you will be able to get them to control it with
the web UI or make a push-button icon that hits the web interface with
wget or curl for them.     If they are on private  LANs in different
locations you would have a choice of connecting/routing the LANs
through the VPN (although that can be tricky if the IP ranges
conflict) or running openvpn on each target computer, tunneling
directly to the backuppc server.

-- 
  Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com

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