On 4 Mar, 16:42, Hatto von Aquitanien wrote:
> There is a server which I would like to have backed up, but I really don't
> even know where to start. I don't have much info about how the server is
> implemented, so I don't even know what part of it constitutes persistent
> data, and what constitutes dynamic content.
>
> This is the site:http://www.politicalfriendster.com/m...tAdditions.php
>
> I tried the brute force wget approach just to see what would happen. That
> got insane in a hurry. In the past I've attempted to contact the
> maintainer of the site, but never received a reply. Even if I did receive
> a reply, I would not know what I would request access to in order to back
> up the server.
>
> Are there any tools that would help me get snapshots of the server? I
> suspect the answer is that I need to contact the maintainer and have him
> send me a locally generated dump of a database. Nonetheless, there is
> always a chance some less invasive approach is available. Are there any
> tools available with the SuSE distribution which would facilitate this?
>
> --http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1ek5w_wtc7-the-smoking-gun-of-911-u...http://911research.wtc7.nethttp://vehme.blogspot.com
> Virtus Tutissima Cassis

You say 'backup' but that implies you want to snag the source code
from the server and its data rather than the web pages - if the site
allowed you to do that it wouldn't be secure.

If the data is available to you via a web page, then (leaving aside
for know the fact that you may be stealing copyright material) there's
no technical reasons to prevent you from downloading the page, storing
it, parsing it and repackaging the data - but you need to write your
own code for that.

C.