Backing up multiple user data

[Luke Davis]

Yeah, I thought of this old feature a few hours ago as well.  However, 
what is supposed to be listening?  I haven't reread the info or manual 
pages, but I don't remember that being specified anywhere obviously.

Ssh can provide an encrypted tunnel, so that shouldn't be a problem.

  On 
Wed, 29 Sep 2004, Janina Sajka wrote:

> Take another look at the tar docs. You got me curious, so I went and
> looked and found that you can specify:
>
> [HOSTNAME]:f when you specify the tar archive filename target.
>
> I tested it and got:
>
> #tar cjpf 192.168.177.2:test.tbz janina+paula.jpg
> minuet.rednote.net: Connection refused
> tar (child): 192.168.177.2\:test.tbz: Cannot open: Input/output error
> tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now
> tar: Child returned status 2
> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
> [root at concerto 20:04:18] pet#
>
> So, there is a way. Obviously nothing is listening on Minuet, but that's
> just a matter of learning how to set it up. Clearly, tar on concerto
> tried to establish a connection--and even obtained the remote HOSTNAME
> from the ip address.
>
>
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