Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup Design

[Jakob Unterwurzacher]

Gabriel Hahmann schrieb:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm new to the list and I'm trying to find the best tool to do my
> backup's. In fact I alredy finded, duplicity and rdiff-backup.
> 
> Both of them had things that I like and similarities, so my big
> question is, Why I can't do a backup with rdiff-backup over an ftp
> connection? What functions do it need from ssh that is not available
> from ftp?
> 
> I've search all around and even in the rdiff-backup main page I found
> how it works.
> 
> Could someone help me understanding the design of rdiff-backup,
> basically what it do with ssh that cant be done with ftp.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Gabriel.
> 

rdiff-backup needs to be running on both the server and the client. FTP
can't execute commands on the remote end - that's it.

You probalby want to take a look at this thread:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/rdiff-backup-users/2009-05/msg00022.html


Jakob