Re: [Duplicity-talk] no sftp support on the server: what to do?

[edgar . soldin]

On 23.08.2011 06:05, Z F wrote:
> hello
> 
> I was wondering if some could suggest what to do.
> 
> I have a WD sharespace network drive which has ssh but does not have sftp 
> support.
> I checked the config file for sshd on the device and it does mention sftp, 
> but there is no binary installed.
> 
> 
> I would like to use duplicity without mounting the drive locally.
> Are there any options other than mounting the drive locally or using ftp?
> 


Why don't you want to mount? If you want to run your backups by cron you can 
easily use a 'mount && backup; dismount' instead of backup alone.

According to the user manual
http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/library/UM/ENG/4779-705006.pdf
the device contains an ftp server. Enable it and use the ftp backend.

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