Re: TarSnap usecases

[Mads Sülau Jørgensen <mads@sulau.dk>]

On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 12:22 AM, Mark Drovdahl <markd@drovdahl.com> wrote:
> One use case I've considered is: how will my wife access my tarsnap
> archives should something happen to me? For better, or for worse, a
> simple, cross platform GUI could make tarsnap more accessible to more
> end users.

Iirc, you'd give her access to the key, then run a tarsnap --fsck and
then use tarsnap to restore as normally.

You could also generate a read only key for her and give that key to a
lawyer, possibly print the key on paper as many storage mediums have a
limited lifetime. Then tell the lawyer to give your wife access to the
key -- and instructions on how to use it -- in the event of the
unspeakable.

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Mads Sülau Jørgensen
mads@sulau.dk