X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=d4cbf8e5115e94480c4b562b3b361f79263ec61f;hb=5cc0592bad59b6f6d978b768924849be33a2145c;hp=e31a0a4b82b978dfe04ac52d3dd6e82742c4a795;hpb=cc9652eda67a53cd43e71484e24405683f57a358;p=backup.sh diff --git a/README b/README index e31a0a4..d4cbf8e 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,18 +1,21 @@ You need hardware: x a computer running a free unix clone. -x as much disc as you can aford. +x as much discspace as you can aford. -You need software: -x ssh (or perhaps openssh) +You need software on clients and server: +x ssh/openssh x GNU bash x GNU tar x GNU shellutils How to prepare your computer: -x mount your huge partition (we use /backup) +x mount your huge partition (we use /backup). x make it possible for ssh to log in from this computer to your other computers as root without a password. scary. x put this software in a directory (we use /home/backup/) +x put the name of your computers in /home/backup/conf/computers.unix +x the fifth field (of the partitions you want to back up) in + /etc/fstab on your clients should be >0 Crontab entry: We use cron to start the script every night. Here is the entry we use: