Timothy Murphy wrote: > Just shows how opinions can differ. > I found the documentation very bad, > at least for one with my needs - > a home network on a few computers > looking for a simple backup system. > > I should say that BackupPC _is_ a simple backup system > once it is installed and configured; > it is the configuring that I found absurdly difficult, > given that I only had to make a couple of config choices, > once I had worked out what they were. I just put a guide up on the CentOS wiki a week or so ago. <http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/BackupPC> The goal was to kind of put together all these bits and pieces into one simple to follow tutorial. It concentrates on using rsync to other Linux/CentOS clients, but perhaps it might help you out. Regards, Max