Re: [BackupPC-users] How Rsync and rsyncd work

[Les M. <les...@gm...>]

On Thu, 2006-01-19 at 09:02, Khaled Hussain wrote:

> I was wondering if someone could help me understand how the rsync and rsyncd
> methods used by backupPC defer in the way data is backed up.
> There is limited explanation of this in the documentation and I was curious
> how backuppc 'directly' connects to rsyncd, where rsync requires ssh/rsh to
> backup data; does not the rsyncd method require an underlying ssh
> connection?
> Any light on how these methods work would be greatly appreciated.

Rsyncd is where the rsync program accepts connections directly on
a network port instead of being started by ssh.  The client
setup and syntax to access it are different, but what happens
after the connection is established is pretty much the same.
Using ssh is more versatile and provides encryption and optional
compression.  Rsyncd allows more control over what is visible
to the server and does not have encryption overhead - and the
main reason for using it: it works on windows.

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  Les Mikesell
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