Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Clarification of --restrict-update-only

[Dimi Paun]

On Thu, 2009-02-05 at 01:52 +0100, Jakob Unterwurzacher wrote:
> IMO "the" solution to this is to use pull-style backups. The backup
> machine should login to your machine (and not the other way round) and
> start the backup.

That's right -- this is the model we use in safekeep too 
(plug http://safekeep.sf.net). It also has the added advantage
of nicely centralizing all settings, in effect making the
machines that are being backed-up stateless from a configuration
perspective.

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Dimi Paun <address@hidden>
Lattica, Inc.