From cc9652eda67a53cd43e71484e24405683f57a358 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: root Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 16:22:21 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Initial revision --- README | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README diff --git a/README b/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e31a0a4 --- /dev/null +++ b/README @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +You need hardware: +x a computer running a free unix clone. +x as much disc as you can aford. + +You need software: +x ssh (or perhaps openssh) +x GNU bash +x GNU tar +x GNU shellutils + +How to prepare your computer: +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/) + +Crontab entry: +We use cron to start the script every night. Here is the entry we use: +2 2 * * * /home/backup/backup.sh < /dev/null >> `/home/backup/logfilename.sh` 2>&1 -- 2.39.2