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Walton: /* LinkStations */

Walton — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:57:43 GMT

LinkStations

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	==LinkStations==		==LinkStations==
-	The manufacturer (Buffalo) of Linkstations has installed sshd and rsync software on these machines, but has not enabled it, probably because of difficulties in maintaining ~~warrenty~~ when a backup device is converted to use as a general computer. It is relatively easy to enable this software if you are willing to void your ~~warrenty~~; see:	+	The manufacturer (Buffalo) of Linkstations has installed sshd and rsync software on these machines, but has not enabled it, probably because of difficulties in maintaining warranty when a backup device is converted to use as a general computer. It is relatively easy to enable this software if you are willing to void your warranty; see:
	*[[Enabling Rsync on a Linkstation Mini]]		*[[Enabling Rsync on a Linkstation Mini]]

Walton: /* MIPSel */

Walton — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:56:05 GMT

MIPSel

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	*Install rsync		*Install rsync
	ipkg install rsync		ipkg install rsync
		+
		+	==LinkStations==
		+	The manufacturer (Buffalo) of Linkstations has installed sshd and rsync software on these machines, but has not enabled it, probably because of difficulties in maintaining warrenty when a backup device is converted to use as a general computer. It is relatively easy to enable this software if you are willing to void your warrenty; see:
		+	*[[Enabling Rsync on a Linkstation Mini]]

	=Examples=		=Examples=

AliG: /* Compile from source */

AliG — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 17:20:20 GMT

Compile from source

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	#Make sure you have installed the [[Precompiled C development environment, running on the LS]] first.		#Make sure you have installed the [[Precompiled C development environment, running on the LS]] first.
	#Get the source, make and install.		#Get the source, make and install.
-	wget http://samba.org/ftp/rsync/rsync-2.6.9.tar.gz	+	wget http://samba.org/ftp/rsync/rsync-3.0.2.tar.gz
-	tar xfzv rsync-2.6.9.tar.gz	+	tar xfzv rsync-3.0.2.tar.gz
	cd rsync-2.6.9		cd rsync-2.6.9
	./configure		./configure

Bbradley: Remove stub status

Bbradley — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 23:33:14 GMT

Remove stub status

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	= References =		= References =
	<references/>		<references/>
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-	~~{{Stubs}}~~

Ramuk: /* Using keygen and other utils for automatic, unattended login via ssh */

Ramuk — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 03:44:37 GMT

Using keygen and other utils for automatic, unattended login via ssh

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Ramuk at 11:58, 19 May 2007

Ramuk — Sat, 19 May 2007 11:58:46 GMT

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-	{{Articles\|LS1\|LS2\|HG\|FreeLink\|OpenLink\|software}}	+	{{Articles\|LS1\|LS2\|HG\|FreeLink\|OpenLink\|software\|ipkg}}
	<table align=right><tr><td>http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/17/Newrsynclogo.jpg</td></tr></table>		<table align=right><tr><td>http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/17/Newrsynclogo.jpg</td></tr></table>
	=Background=		=Background=

Davy gravy at 22:20, 11 May 2007

Davy gravy — Fri, 11 May 2007 22:20:18 GMT

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	echo ======end of backup run at $(date) ======= >> /var/log/weeklybackuplog.txt ;		echo ======end of backup run at $(date) ======= >> /var/log/weeklybackuplog.txt ;
	echo >> /var/log/weeklybackuplog.txt		echo >> /var/log/weeklybackuplog.txt
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		+
		+	= Using keygen and other utils for automatic, unattended login via ssh =
		+	If you want to have your rsync happen automatically, then set up keys for ssh. Read the following for instructions:
		+
		+	http://freebsd.peon.net/quickies/21/
		+
		+	http://www.debianadmin.com/ssh-your-debian-servers-without-password.html

	= References =		= References =

Davy gravy at 05:46, 29 April 2007

Davy gravy — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 05:46:19 GMT

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	From the Yahoo! Linkstation General Group <ref> From the Yahoo! Linkstation General Group: [http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/LinkStation_General/message/5376 rsync binaries anyone / SSH without password as root INTO LinkStation]</ref>		From the Yahoo! Linkstation General Group <ref> From the Yahoo! Linkstation General Group: [http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/LinkStation_General/message/5376 rsync binaries anyone / SSH without password as root INTO LinkStation]</ref>
	wget http://ls.jcedata.net/rsync		wget http://ls.jcedata.net/rsync
-	chmod a x rsync	+	chmod a+x rsync
	cp rsync /usr/bin		cp rsync /usr/bin
	==FreeLink==		==FreeLink==
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	=Examples=		=Examples=
	*Create a backup named with todays date (formatted yyyy-mm-dd)		*Create a backup named with todays date (formatted yyyy-mm-dd)
-	rsync -a /SOURCE/ /DEST/`date %Y-%m-%d`/	+	rsync -a /SOURCE/ /DEST/`date +%Y-%m-%d`/

	*A script to create a backup, named by date, which will save space by creating hard links to files which are already backed up. It requires a symbolic link to the most recently created backup dir (similar to the last line of the script)		*A script to create a backup, named by date, which will save space by creating hard links to files which are already backed up. It requires a symbolic link to the most recently created backup dir (similar to the last line of the script)
	#!/bin/sh		#!/bin/sh
-	BACKUP_DATE=`date %Y-%m-%d`	+	BACKUP_DATE=`date +%Y-%m-%d`
	rsync -a --delete --link-dest=/DEST/most-recent-backup /SOURCE/ /DEST/$BACKUP_DATE/		rsync -a --delete --link-dest=/DEST/most-recent-backup /SOURCE/ /DEST/$BACKUP_DATE/
	rm /BACKUP/most-recent-backup		rm /BACKUP/most-recent-backup
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-	*Here is another one-liner which, using cron, gives me a weekly backup of my LS-HG's data partition hda3 onto a USB hard drive	+	*Here is another one-liner which, using cron, gives me a weekly backup of my LS-HG's data partition hda3 onto a USB hard drive & logs everything. Use it either as a one-liner, or edit into separate lines and use as a bash script. It does the following:
		+	**prints a header with a timestamp
		+	**executes the backup & shows the rsync log, along with a record of what files are updated, and the average transfer speed of the backup
		+	**prints a footer with timestamp, and then a blank line
		+	**all the output is appended, so that the log is cumulative (I also have logrotation enabled)
		+	echo ========FreeLink /dev/hda3 JFS backup started $(date) ====== >> /var/log/weeklybackuplog.txt ;
		+	rsync -av /mnt/share/shareddirs/ /mnt/share/usb0/backups/shareddirs >> /var/log/weeklybackuplog.txt ;
		+	echo ======end of backup run at $(date) ======= >> /var/log/weeklybackuplog.txt ;
		+	echo >> /var/log/weeklybackuplog.txt
		+
		+	= References =
		+	<references/>
		+
		+	{{Stubs}}

218.237.225.29 at 14:05, 13 April 2007

218.237.225.29 — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:05:29 GMT

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	From the Yahoo! Linkstation General Group <ref> From the Yahoo! Linkstation General Group: [http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/LinkStation_General/message/5376 rsync binaries anyone / SSH without password as root INTO LinkStation]</ref>		From the Yahoo! Linkstation General Group <ref> From the Yahoo! Linkstation General Group: [http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/LinkStation_General/message/5376 rsync binaries anyone / SSH without password as root INTO LinkStation]</ref>
	wget http://ls.jcedata.net/rsync		wget http://ls.jcedata.net/rsync
-	chmod a+x rsync	+	chmod a x rsync
	cp rsync /usr/bin		cp rsync /usr/bin
	==FreeLink==		==FreeLink==
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	=Examples=		=Examples=
	*Create a backup named with todays date (formatted yyyy-mm-dd)		*Create a backup named with todays date (formatted yyyy-mm-dd)
-	rsync -a /SOURCE/ /DEST/`date +%Y-%m-%d`/	+	rsync -a /SOURCE/ /DEST/`date %Y-%m-%d`/

	*A script to create a backup, named by date, which will save space by creating hard links to files which are already backed up. It requires a symbolic link to the most recently created backup dir (similar to the last line of the script)		*A script to create a backup, named by date, which will save space by creating hard links to files which are already backed up. It requires a symbolic link to the most recently created backup dir (similar to the last line of the script)
	#!/bin/sh		#!/bin/sh
-	BACKUP_DATE=`date +%Y-%m-%d`	+	BACKUP_DATE=`date %Y-%m-%d`
	rsync -a --delete --link-dest=/DEST/most-recent-backup /SOURCE/ /DEST/$BACKUP_DATE/		rsync -a --delete --link-dest=/DEST/most-recent-backup /SOURCE/ /DEST/$BACKUP_DATE/
	rm /BACKUP/most-recent-backup		rm /BACKUP/most-recent-backup
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-	*Here is another one-liner which, using cron, gives me a weekly backup of my LS-HG's data partition hda3 onto a USB hard drive ~~& logs everything. Use it either as a one-liner, or edit into separate lines and use as a bash script. It does the following:~~	+	*Here is another one-liner which, using cron, gives me a weekly backup of my LS-HG's data partition hda3 onto a USB hard drive
-	**prints a header with a timestamp	+
-	**executes the backup & shows the rsync log, along with a record of what files are updated, and the average transfer speed of the backup	+
-	**prints a footer with timestamp, and then a blank line	+
-	**all the output is appended, so that the log is cumulative (I also have logrotation enabled)	+
-	~~echo ========FreeLink /dev/hda3 JFS backup started $(date) ====== >> /var/log/weeklybackuplog.txt ;~~	+
-	~~rsync -av /mnt/share/shareddirs/ /mnt/share/usb0/backups/shareddirs >> /var/log/weeklybackuplog.txt ;~~	+
-	~~echo ======end of backup run at $(date) ======= >> /var/log/weeklybackuplog.txt ;~~	+
-	~~echo >> /var/log/weeklybackuplog.txt~~	+
-		+
-	~~= References =~~	+
-	~~<references/>~~	+
-		+
-	~~{{Stubs}}~~	+

Davy gravy: /* Examples */

Davy gravy — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 01:47:37 GMT

Examples

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	echo ========kurohg mediarippertunes backup started $(date) ====== >> /var/log/musicbackuplog.txt ;		echo ========kurohg mediarippertunes backup started $(date) ====== >> /var/log/musicbackuplog.txt ;
	rsync -av --rsh=ssh /mnt/mediarippertunes/ 10.0.1.10:/mnt/share/mediarippertunes >> /var/log/musicbackuplog.txt ;		rsync -av --rsh=ssh /mnt/mediarippertunes/ 10.0.1.10:/mnt/share/mediarippertunes >> /var/log/musicbackuplog.txt ;
-	echo ========end of backup run======== >> /var/log/musicbackuplog.txt ;	+	echo ======== end of backup run at $(date) ======== >> /var/log/musicbackuplog.txt ;
	echo >> /var/log/musicbackuplog.txt		echo >> /var/log/musicbackuplog.txt