Paul Slootman via rsync <rsync@lists.samba.org> wrote: > On Tue 03 Aug 2021, Chris Green via rsync wrote: > > > Is there a way to copy (for example) the /etc hierarchy from one > > system to another preserving root ownership of files and without > > revealing root passwords all over the place? > > Best way is to run an rsync daemon on the source system, and be sure to > use "uid = 0" so that the daemon reads the source as root. > > > So, it's easy for the sending end to be run as root as it's going to be > > run by a script in /etc/cron.daily, so it can access all the files in > > /etc even if only readable by root. > > Hmm I prefer to use "pull" mechanisms as that's more secure (harder to > screw up the destination). > > So create a /etc/rsyncd.conf file with the appropriate config, something > like: > > [etc] > path = /etc > read only = yes > hosts allow = another-system > uid = 0 > > If using systemd then enable and start the daemon: > > systemctl enable rsync.service > systemctl start rsync.service > > Then on another-system as root run rsync: > > rsync -a one-system::etc/ /backups/etc/ > > I usually also use -H for hard links, but /etc usually won't have those. > > You can also use an rsync password to make this a bit more secure so > that not everyone on another-system can read all of /etc from > one-system. Details in the manpage. > I already have an rsync daemon server running elsewhere, I can add this requirement to that I think. Thank you.
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