Destroying "only" your home directory (was Re: Newbie question on permissions)

[Peter Garrett]

On Mon, 03 Apr 2006 16:28:04 +0930
Karl Goetz <kamping_kaiser at internode.on.net> wrote:

> Peter Garrett wrote:
> > On Mon, 03 Apr 2006 11:08:04 +0800
> > "Michael T. Richter" <ttmrichter at gmail.com> wrote:
> > [snip]
> > 
> >> If there were a decent backup application available a lot of this could
> >> be ameliorated.  Sadly, however, the backup software that's out there
> >> for UNIX and workalikes is about as user hostile as you can get.
> > 
> > Hmm. I use "unison-gtk", and it seems to involve *two* clicks to back up
> > the directories I've chosen to another machine on the network,
> > synchronising the directories at the same time. First click - choose the
> > "profile", second click, click on "Go". That's about it really.... Perhaps
> > I've left out a third click somewhere that would make it more
> > "Unix-like" ;-)
> > 
> > Setting up  profiles involves setting a "local" directory
> > (say, /home/peter ) and another local or remote directory. The transfer is
> > done over ssh in my case.
> > 
> > There are of course "user hostile" tools for this purpose, but this
> > doesn't seem to be one of them.
> > 
> > Of course, I'm only talking about a "home network", not a corporation or
> > organisation, but then, that seems to be what this particular thread is
> > about anyway...
> > 
> > 
> > Peter
> > 
> Because this sounded interesting i installed it, and found (instantly
> :/) 2 gotchas -
> the package unison-gtk doesnt depend on unison (perhaps because its
> needed on the remote host?), and the "port" option is greyed out on ssh
> - use (eg) 192.168.99.1:99, where 99 is the port.
> hm... LP time...
> kk

?? Erm... ?? On 5.10 breezy:

$ apt-cache depends unison-gtk
unison-gtk
  Depends: unison
<snip>

Are you using dapper? Is this a dapper bug?

As for the greyed out box - I don't see this option on mine for "port"...
maybe I'm missing something or this is a new "feature" ?

Peter

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