FTP (or SFTP) backup

[mvr]

I know there is alot of different ftp scripts available, but somtimes you can't see the tree in the forest.
I need to backup my website on a daily basis. Website is hosted by "Host My Site" company.
I would like to run ftp script as a cron job from my private network.
My only question is security. Do you have any suggestion how should this be done?

Miro

[Steven E. Protter]

I usually initiate such scripts from the web server to an backup server. This prevents a lock up of the login from stopping the transfer.

First, I set up password free sftp/scp/ssh. You exchange public keys.

Then from the web server:

cd /web
scp -rp * backupserver://backup

That does it.

You can use a regular style ftp type script to handle it with passwords.

SEP

[Alex Lavrov.]

What is the panel that you use to manage your site?

On my hosting, I have CPanel, that can backup my account and put it on FTP that I give it. The best thig to do, is not to invent the wheel all over again and just ask them what *they* can do for *you*.
After all you are the one that pay the greens ;)