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sans-serif">On 30/12/2013 09:13, Bill Cairns wrote:<br>
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<div><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">I have a
brand new server on my home network (a good
Christmas present that!) and have got it up and
working using Ubuntu Server 12.04. Lots of things
are working well, but I have run into a few things
that I don't know how to handle. I am sure that
these are very basic questions and would appreciate
a bit of patience as I struggle with some new
concepts!<br>
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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">My first
problem is that I can can connect to the server via
PuTTY on SSH and by using Nautilus's "Connect to
Server" only by using the IP address. (I have made it
a static address so this is not a serious problem).
Why does using the host name not work? <br>
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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The second
problem is that Nautilus gives me a window which gives
me access to the file system on the server. But how do I
access the files directly? Nautilus gives the location
of the server file system as:<br>
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sftp://<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://biffmcdoo@10.0.0.5/">biffmcdoo@10.0.0.5/</a><br>
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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">("biffmcdoo" being
the user name on the server).<br>
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But I would like to use rsync to backup my files directly
from my Ubuntu desktop. How can I address these files? It
seems that the directory is mounted (Nautilus gives me the
option of unmounting it), but where?<br>
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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Thanks,<br>
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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"> Bill<br>
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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Hi Bill,<br>
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I forgot to mention that there is nice backup tool that comes with
Ubuntu called Deja-Dup which uses duplicity. You can find it under
Settings > Backup and you can automate your backups on a daily
or weekly basis and it has support for Ubuntu One, FTP, WebDav,
SSH, Windows Shares or local file system. It also offers
encryption and has a simple UI interface. Just select SSH under
storage fill out the details and when the first backup occurs you
will be asked for the password to connect to your server and you
can optionally set a password for your backups (once-off process).<br>
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Have fun! :)<br>
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All the best,
Bruce
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