Re: [SLE] how to securely mount a remote filesystem via internet

From: Ti Kan (ti_at_amb.org)
Date: 12/16/04

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Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 03:26:53 -0800 (PST)

    Heupink, Mourik Jan C. writes:
    > I want to be able to nightly synchronise files that are on our lan with a
    > remote machine that is on the other side of europe. Both machines have very
    > decent internet connections.
    >
    > So basically this would function just like a normal backup, only not to
    > tape, but to a remote network location. (harddisk, whatever)

    Aside from the suggestions already mentioned, also look at using
    rdist over a ssh tunnel. See the man page for rdist. This would be
    more efficient than nfs.

    -Ti 

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