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Update the documentation on hacked backup client.
Gu1nness Nov 13, 2020
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Add a hint on sleeping computer in the FAQ
Gu1nness Nov 17, 2020
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions docs/deployment/pull-backup.rst
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.. _pull_backup:

Backing up in pull mode
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For more details, see :ref:`checkpoints_parts`.

My machine goes to sleep causing `Broken pipe`
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When backing up your data over the network, your machine should not go to sleep.
On macOS you can use `caffeinate` to avoid that.

How can I switch append-only mode on and off?
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These are your options to protect against that:

- Do not allow to permanently delete data from the repo, see :ref:`append_only_mode`.
- Use a pull-mode setup using ``ssh -R``, see :issue:`900`.
- Use a pull-mode setup using ``ssh -R``, see :ref:`pull_backup` for more informations.
- Mount C's filesystem on another machine and then create a backup of it.
- Do not give C filesystem-level access to S.

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