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Linux -Can I rsync to dropbox or another free cloud storage service?

We host a small community, not for profit site and mailing list, is it possible to rsync to dropbox or a similar (free) service to maintain backup? Edit: For context, we host on a shared VM and don't want to install anything unless we have to. I'm…
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Keeping personal config files synchronised across multiple Ubuntu/SLES servers

I've recently started at a new job with a heterogenous server environment, i.e. about a 50/50 split between Windows and Linux (mostly Ubuntu, but a handful are SLES). My previous experience with *nix was about 5 years ago, so I've taken a little…
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What group should public_html belong to?

I have an appache server running on Linux - CentOS. In order to be able to edit my php files on Windows, I linked the server to my Dropbox account and created a symlink from the Dropbox folder, which is located under /root/Dropbox, to my public_html…
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Install a corporate proxy for Dropbox to reduce network bandwidth

One of our IT people was working on a Dropbox proxy before he left, but he gave no information about what he was doing. What we want to do is have some sort of proxy on our server that allows users on the network to download Dropbox files from the…
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Synchronize vmware virtual machine

I have 2 Linux Host VmWare Virtual Machines: one in a desktop and the other in a laptop. They use vmware player. What is the best way to synchronize the Virtual Machines? They are never used in the same time.
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Running apache with admin permissions dangerous?

I am trying to get my apache server (OS X Lion, not server edition) to run, using a folder inside Dropbox as DocumentRoot. This works fine, as long as I run apache as admin, meaning: with admin permissions. I am sometimes logging into hotspots, so…
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Dropbox like application

Does anyone know of a application which can be downloaded and run our your own servers which contains a web interface which can be used to access data you have backed up to it using either rsync for FTP etc using different login accounts?
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Is it possible to host a service like Dropbox on your own server with almost as good service?

What if I have just made an important change and messed something up? Is this part of Dropboxes functionality? I am considering hosting a Dropbox myself for own usage on a virtual machine, so I can also have back-ups and have more than 2GB in…
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Dropbox / Sharing Services - How do I run a Dropbox-like service interally?

I need to setup a company dropbox-like service. We can't use dropbox because we need to share large files (10+gb) which causes a few problems... 1) Bandwidth costs would skyrock 2) Performance would suck, compared to running it internally 3) Each…
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Can anyone see why dropbox won't execute in a text only install on ubuntu server using a system user account?

I've been trying to set up dropbox on an ubuntu 10.04.2 server to use for backup. I don't want dropbox to be tied to my user account on the server as someone may take over as administrator with a different user account next year. To achieve this…
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Whats the best cloud backup solution for a small scale server environment?

I have a server that runs a postgres database that contains about 200MB of data. Currently I have a cron job setup on my home computer which: ssh's into my server runs a remote script which makes a backup of the database scp's that dump over to my…
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Dropbox Headless Install - No Account Linking URL

When installing Dropbox on a headless Linux machine with their install script (https://www.dropbox.com/en_GB/install-linux) - after install, when the dropboxd script is run a URL to link the installation to an account should be displayed. This is…
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Migrating from DropBox to OneDrive/SharePoint

We currently have a DropBox that is used by 60 people. They all use the same login account. We currently use Exchange and would like to make use of the OneDrive and SharePoint option to implement SSO. I want to create groups for ACL based accessed.…
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Forcing user in both directions using bindfs

I have a specific OS user called 'app' which runs Dropbox. The app is deployed (in the same server) for multiple sites. But the Dropbox of the 'app' user has info about all sites. The dropobox has a directory like…
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Multi Client Dropbox Like Service on AWS

We currently have around 15 dropbox accounts which multiple clients use to send files to our office. This is extremely unmanageable from an administrative standpoint and also very inefficient from a productivity standpoint. We have moved our…
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