I had to create a backup system across a network, where I thought using BackupNinja! The tool is really impressive, I mean it! Although it’s features are mostly created for standard working environments and settings, it can be hacked very easy!
The greatest problem I had using it was, yes: “rdiff-backup using a non standard port on remote’s machine ssh“!
The bug actually is not a bug at all, after I found this.
Create a file config in your .ssh directory in the homefolder. It’s structure should look like this:
host name
hostname name.domainname.tld
user an.active.users
port yourport
Guess what, this file saved me a lot of time I would use for searching and debugging through BackupNinja’s code!
Thanks to RiseupLabs for such a great tool!