NAME¶

backintime-askpass - a simple backup tool for Linux.

This is the command line tool for piping passwords into ssh/sshfs and encfs.

SYNOPSIS¶

backintime-askpass

DESCRIPTION¶

Back In Time is a simple backup tool for Linux. This is a helper tool for piping passwords into ssh/sshfs and encfs. Options will will be read from environ variables. It doesn't provide any useful enduser service.

ENVIRON¶

ASKPASS_PROFILE_ID

Back In Time Profile-ID.

ASKPASS_MODE

Backup mode (or backend). Take a look at 'man backintime-config' section profile<N>.snapshots.mode

ASKPASS_TEMP

Temp FIFO socket used to pipe the password

SEE ALSO¶

backintime(1), backintime-qt(1), backintime-config(1),

Back In Time project website: https://github.com/bit-team/backintime

Back In Time mailing list: https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/bit-dev.python.org

AUTHOR¶

Back In Time Team