I set up my fathers windows PC to backup his pictures to my linux server using the following steps:<\/p>\n
Download grsync for windows from here: http:\/\/sourceforge.net\/projects\/grsync-win\/<\/a><\/p>\n From Command Prompt set up \u201cpublic\/private key pair\u201d<\/p>\n cd C:\\Program Files\\Grsync\\bin<\/p>\n ssh-keygen<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Just take defaults and it saves the id_rsa.pub and id_rsa.key to a .ssh directory under you windows User directory.<\/p>\n Next Copy this file up to the server using the scp command (comes with grsync)<\/p>\n scp -p22 c:\\Users\\USERNAME\\.ssh\\id_rsa.pub username@linux_hostname_or_ip:\/tmp<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Then from the linux server put the id_rsa.pub file contents in \/home\/username\/.ssh\/authorized_keys file<\/p>\n mkdir \/home\/username\/.ssh Then test to see if you can get in without password prompt using ssh command<\/p>\n ssh.exe -p22 username@linux_hostname_or_ip<\/p><\/blockquote>\n If it lets you in without a password you\u2019ve got it configured properly and are ready to use rsync to back it up<\/p>\n Now make a batch file called mybackup.bat file with this command (ALL ON ONE LINE)<\/p>\n C:\\Program Files\\Grsync\\bin\\rsync -az \u2013progress \u2013rsh=\u201d.\/ssh.exe -p22\u2033 \/cygdrive\/c\/PATH_ON_C_TO_SYNC username@linux_hostname_or_ip:\/PATH_TO_SERVER_LOCATION<\/p><\/blockquote>\n When you run the bat file the first time it will copy everything.<\/p>\n If you run later it will copy only the changed files.<\/p>\n You can add this bat file to a scheduled job to have an automated backup process.<\/p>\n NOTE: The -p22 reference is specifying the default port 22 for ssh \u2014 change it if you have configured SSH to listen on a different port.<\/strong><\/p>\n Also \u2014 Make sure your firewalls are open to allow incoming SSH traffic on the specified port on the server location.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I set up my fathers windows PC to backup his pictures to my linux server using the following steps: Download grsync for windows from here: http:\/\/sourceforge.net\/projects\/grsync-win\/ From Command Prompt set up \u201cpublic\/private key pair\u201d cd C:\\Program Files\\Grsync\\bin ssh-keygen Just take … Continue reading
\ncat \/tmp\/id_rsa.pub > \/home\/username\/.ssh\/authorized_keys
\nchmod 600 \/home\/username\/.ssh\/authorized_keys file<\/p><\/blockquote>\n