[Box Backup] setting up the server and client

[Chris Wilson]

Hi Achim,

On Sun, 9 Aug 2009, Achim wrote:
> On 07/08/2009 19:41, Chris Wilson wrote:
>> >  <http://xkr47.outerspace.dyndns.org/howtos/boxbackup/>
>>
>>  Would anyone like to merge this into our wiki? I think having to point
>>  people to another website, with installation instructions that we don't
>>  control and may easily become out of date, is less than ideal.
>
> I will send an e-mail to Jonas Berlin (the author of the guide) and ask him 
> if he is OK with that.

Thanks, please do.

>>  Why is this guide so much easier to follow than the information already
>>  on our wiki?
>
> For me personally, it is the fact that the guide is oriented on tasks, such 
> as "How do I add a user, on the server and on the client", and it gives a 
> very visual and intuitive explanation of the required steps.
>
> I was not able to find anything like that on the Wiki, perhaps I just missed 
> it. Otherwise, we could try to merge the existing information with some of 
> the visual clues that Jonas came up with.

Have a look at For Users/Common Tasks/Managing Client Accounts/Setting up 
an Account 
[http://www.boxbackup.org/trac/wiki/CertificatesAndAccountsManagement]

Perhaps this information should be split into its own page under "Adding a 
new client" or something like that?

> OK. Given that the wizard is one of the strongest assets of Boxi, that 
> does make it some kind of deal breaker at the moment :-) Any idea what 
> is not working, or when/if you would be able to fix that?

Yes, it's simply a wrong assumption when I wrote that code in Boxi, that I 
haven't got around to fixing yet.

Cheers, Chris.
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