Homedir backup (was Re: "Stateless Linux" project)
Josiah Royse
jroyse at gmail.com
Fri Sep 17 19:50:36 UTC 2004
On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 12:09:28 -0400, Owen Taylor <otaylor at redhat.com> wrote:
> Well, a bigger problem with rsync is that in many cases, the listing
> files part is the biggest time sync. And if that gets interrupted,
> you start from the beginning. (*)
Hey this is totally different approach: What if each user's home
directory was an encrypted file (mounted as a local loopback). These
are laptops usually- for the need of occasional sync, so why not also
encrypt them also in case of theft, secrets, etc.
Then as an option at login you can answer yes/no if you would like
your profile (encrypted file) sync'ed before login. Then the rdiff
does a compare against one (albeit large) file remotely.
Bonuses: encrypted, safe from losing laptop/local computer, at time of
login- exactly the same profile/home directory
Drawbacks: slow?, container size of encrypted file, version control
management difficult?
Just a thought!
--Josiah (RHCE)
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