Does anyone have experience with this program?

[noiropus]

I was looking (like others on this forum) for a reasonable backup solution for a network with windows and linux boxes. I tried to install unison but the installation from portage has failed multiple times. I tried to look for an alternative and found this "BackupPC" program on the web. I've noticed it's not in portage. Does anyone have experience with it? Should it be included in portage?

http://sourceforge.net/projects/backuppc/

Thanks very much!

[vosechu]

My personal view would be that a hack could more easily do what you need than a new program.

Download PuTTY SSH and PSCP, write a batch file for the windows boxes and a script for the unices.

Backup has been around long enough that even Microsoft(tm) has gotten it right. Always look for a way to hack it with free tools you already have, this will make you a far better administrator (plus it's way cool).

*nix: cron/anacron, scp/ssh+tar
win: script host (?), scp

Linux Server Hacks has a lot about how to do the linux side (in addition to being a great book). O'Reilly publishes it, the author is Rob Flickenger.

The RUTE User Tutorial and Exposition is also an excellent source on this sort of thing (and it's free as in beer).