Re: [BackupPC-devel] FUSE / BackupPC

[Paul M. <pc...@zm...>]

Hello Steven,

FUSE is a very cool system and the idea is completely feasible.  MacFUSE
also exists, which would allow OS X users to use the FUSE filesystem.
However, actually having a drive mounted on the machine may promote the use
of the BackupPC pool as a storage unit in and of itself, which would be a
mistake once older backups start getting deleted.

BackupPC's web interface can be configured so that users can only look at
the backups of their particular computer. I'd suggest reading the CGI
options in the /etc/BackupPC/config.pl script if you'd like to go that
route.

Adios,

On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 1:04 PM, Stephen Day <sd...@un...> wrote:

>
> BackupPC developers,
>
> I use BackupPC at home and at work, thanks for this great tool.
>
>
> What I would find useful is to be able to access point in time backups as
> filesystems via fuse, with the original permissions and ownerships intact.
> That way users could be able to restore their own files without having to
> understand anything about BackupPC.
>
> I know this would only ever work on linux so maybe it belongs in a separate
> project?
>
> Has this idea been considered? I searched google and could not find
> anything
> relevant.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Stephen Day - System admin and unix guy.
>
>
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