Hal Vaughan wrote: > I'm trying to use rsync to back up from one computer to another. > Recently I had used NIS so all my systems had the same user on them so > there was never a permission issue. Now I'm trying to back up from my > iMac to my Debian server. I can't put the iMac on NIS (or probably > could, but it would NOT be fun to set up, I'm sure). > > In the past I could use: > > rsync -av server::Writing /data/Writing > > And all my writing would be backed up from the local /data/writing to > the server. Now that I'm not using NIS, I use: > > rsync -av m...@server::Writing /data/Writing
I use rsync through SSH without any problems. If you have SSH server running on the remote machine, try: $> rsync -ave ssh m...@server:Writing /data/Writing where "me" is your username at server machine. Regards. -- Please reply to this list only. I read this list on its corresponding newsgroup on gmane.org. Replies sent to my email address are just filtered to a folder in my mailbox and get periodically deleted without ever having been read. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
