Tag: ssh
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Hint of the day: @digitalocean and not mounting sshfs at boot
In /etc/fstab, be sure to add the option: _netdev As it will attempt to start the network mounted sshfs before networking has been started. The entire line looks like this: user@host:/some/dir /local/path fuse.sshfs defaults,idmap=user,_netdev 0 0 From the man pages: _netdev The filesystem resides on a device that requires network access (used to prevent the…
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Rsync backups
My own simple rsync backup ‘script’. You’ll need a rsync server, something to backup, and ssh-agent running to ease the process (or, fill in your password each time). Add the following lines (using a terminal text editor) to a text file (“.rsync” for example, hidden files under Unix-like systems), and chmod +x $file. rsync –archive…