Keeping good backups of your data is important; don't be the sucker who loses important files and has to deal with it afterwards! In this in-depth guide, you'll learn about using rsync and lftp to ...

If you need a flexible means of backing up data on a Linux server, rsync might be your tool.

And the beauty about Linux is that the host/server and client computers can be any sort of machines because Linux distributions contain the same software and rsync is relatively light on system load.

Last month we covered setting up an rsync server for anonymous access. Listing 1 shows the sample rsyncd.conf file from last month, illustrating some options particularly useful for tightening ...

The rsync server drops its root privileges soon after it was started and per default creates a chroot environment. Due to insufficient integer/bounds checking in the server code a heap overflow can be ...

A terabyte-plus backup and storage system is now an affordable option for Linux users. This article discusses options for building and configuring an inexpensive, expandable, Linux-based backup server ...

In Gentoos case, the company maintains several rsync servers to enable users to download the latest version and updates for the Gentoo Linux operating system.

The rsync tool for file synchronization, which is popular under Linux, has several security vulnerabilities. The worst of these can be found in the rsync server and allows the infiltration and ...

Mastering rsync and Bash to Backup Your Linux Desktop or Server by Rob Williams on October 4, 2013 in Software Keeping good backups of your data is important; don’t be the sucker who loses important ...