Hydra
A python backup system

Hydra depends on:

  Python 2.3 or greater (for tarfile)
  Pyro 3.3 (may work on older versions)
  Optional: Python-QT3 3.8

Just install pyro and python and you should be ready.  Hydra uses only
standard python modules for the rest of its functionality.

If you want to try the new GUI client, run hydra-gui.py.  It's new and
I will continue to make changes to it.  Let me know if you find
serious bugs.

INSTALLATION

First, you'll need python's 'distutils' module to do the install.
This is included in the python-dev package in debian, and similar
packages in other linux distributions.

Just run

  python setup.py install

in the hydra distribution directory (as root).

Once installed, run

  hydrapasswd

as root to set the hydra administrative password.  You will be
prompted for it when you run the hydra client to access the server.
Once you have set the admin password, you can start hydra:

  /etc/init.d/hydra start

Hydra creates /var/lib/hydra and stores its tracker data there.  See
the hydra project page for information on how to get started and run
the client:

http://zope.cprogrammer.org/home/hydra

If you have any questions, subscribe to the hydra discussion list
here:

http://www.cprogrammer.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hydra

I'll be happy to answer questions or consider feature requests and
suggestions.  If you can think of a way to improve hydra, I want to
know!

Enjoy!