What is it?
iBackup is to simplify backing up the system configuration files (/etc). You can run the program from any directory, it will by default save the (maybe compressed) tarball to /root. It is possible to encrypt the tarball, to upload the tarball to some other host and run this backup automated in a cronjob.
You might want to check the man pages of tar(1), scp(1), gzip(1), compress(1), ncftp(1), openssl(1) and www.tac.nyc.ny.us/kim/ssh/ for an introduction to ssh/scp with public/private keys.

Installation and configuration
tar xvf ibackup-2.03.tar
make install
$EDITOR /etc/ibackup.conf

Dependencies
GNU Bash (required)
OpenSSH (recommended)

Usage
Run ibackup with one or more of the following parameters:

Running iBackup without parameter gives you a list of available configurations. You should check the source to add your own parameters (things to backup or exclude). When restoring make sure you are in /, unpacking in /pub would restore your backups in there.

Output
iBackup will produce a tarball named like this hostname_date_time.tar[.gz|.Z] including all the configuration files you specify as parameters.

Example
root@banana:~# ibackup linux proc bind
root@banana:~# ls -la
-rw------- 1 root root 158269 Jan 15 14:59 banana_15011963_1459.tar.gz
root@banana:~# _

I Thank
mcduke on opn (#macdev) for making the logo (even when he was dead tired)
ORBman from #windowmaker for giving me security related tips and telling me about openssl
mentor (my hero) from #debian for fixing the upload bug
and to my employer Internetworking AG

29/05/2002 gurkan@linuks.mine.nu