Hi, Glenn. On 08/08/16 18:34, Glenn English wrote: >>> I'm thinking deploy a Debian backup server using Dirvish (which is based >>> on rsync --- indeed, we have packaged it in Debian). On previous >>> occasions I implemented these solutions seamlessly with GNU/Linux >>> clients, but now I would like add Windows clients. >>> >>> The idea of using Dirvish is because I had a very good experience. >>> Besides using rsync with hard links for backups of files that do not >>> change from backup to the next allows a considerable saving of disk space. >>> >>> But to use Dirvish with Windows clients I will need to install an SSH >>> server. I had thought that an alternative would be to use Cygwin, but >>> was looking for documentation and I have not found any uniform process >>> to install and configure a Cygwin SSH server on Windows. > Have you tried Putty? I know next to nothing about Windows, but I've seen > Putty discussed like it does SSH seriously. I'm not sure if I understand your idea. I know that Putty is an SSH client used mostly in Windows but there are also versions for GNU/Linux (also in the Debian repositories). In this case the idea is to initiate the connection from the Debian server to the Windows server, to bring the files to the Debian server. This connection would be via Internet, as both are not on the same local network. The idea would be to use an automatic process, with a secure connection in the extent of the possibilities. > Dirvish, I think, is a good backup package. It creates backups that can be > handled with plain *nix software if you lose the backup software. Like > Amanda. I had mentioned to use Dirvish because it is what I use to doing backup with GNU/Linux clients. In this way I would have a backup homogeneous solution, which would facilitate the maintenance. I will try to do some tests locally with Windows 2012 and Cygwin, using rsync + ssh. The alternative would be to use Samba to access the Windows filesystem as if it was local to the Debian server, then doing rsync to the mount point. But it doesn't convince me from the point of view of security to have with Samba access through Internet. Any comment about this? Thanks for your interest. Kind regards, Daniel
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