[url=http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?p=30309085#p30309085:33clst7p said: FishInABarrel[/url]":33clst7p]One of the features I like about my FreeNAS setup is ...

A simple rsync script to back up your home directory Your email has been sent Backing up your files is a very important and very often neglected measure to save yourself the frustration of lost data.

Over a decade ago, Andrew Tridgell was quoted as saying, “In 50 years’ time, I doubt anyone will have ever heard of Samba, but they’ll probably be using rsync in one way or another.” As one of the ...

rsync -avuP -e ssh username@server:/Volumes/Data/Movies/Projects/JC\ Consultant\ Group/* /media/Data/Movies/Projects/JC\ Consultant\ Group receiving file list ...

I hate to admit it, but I’ve screwed up many times throughout the years when it’s come to using computers. My first big “Oh shi!” moment came when I was about 8-years-old, goofing around on my ...

Let’s face it. Backups are great, but backup systems are even better. And one great tool for cloning your critical servers is rsync. Whether you clone your file systems to second disks or to entirely ...

Last month we covered setting up an rsync server for anonymous access. Listing 1 shows the sample rsyncd.conf file from last month, illustrating some options particularly useful for tightening ...

Up first, go check your machines for the rsync version, and your servers for an exposed rsync instance. While there are some security fixes for clients in release 3.4.0, the buffer overflow in the ...