[ale] One home directory

[Matt Rideout]

Here's what works for me.

I keep the majority of my data on an NFS server that gets accessed by 
various other boxen. Each user's UID is kept consistent, so standard 
Unix permissions apply across platforms.

Files that are needed remotely are kept in my Dropbox directory, which 
is present on both my laptop, and filer. A cron job rsyncs a directory 
of commonly used ISOs and related larger files between the laptop and 
filer. If I'm on the road, and need something that's not in either of 
those two, I VPN or ssh into the filer.

This way all backups are done based on what resides on the filer. If 
something happens to my laptop, I'm out some money to replace it, but 
have not lost any data that can't be easily regenerated.

Chris Fowler wrote, On 10/13/2009 12:12 PM:
> Okay,
>
> My heart has stopped racing.  I've found my file.
>
> The problem I'm facing is how I keep every thing.  For example I nede to
> reinstall Ubuntu 9.04 on my desktop.  What I'll do is I'll boot into
> live mode and then create a directory /Ubuntu9.04.  I'll copy everything
> I have now into that directory for backup then do an install without
> formating.
>
> Over time I end up with home directories all over the place.  I'll end
> up searching 4 machines looking for stuff in these old homes.  
>
> What I'd like to do is buy a 8+GB USB stick and make that my home
> directory.  Or somehow sync my 9.04 laptop home to desktop home.
>
> Ideas?
>
>
>
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