Re: RSYNC: Backup Solution thoughts...

2001-12-19 Thread Dave Dykstra
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Re: RSYNC: Backup Solution thoughts...

2001-12-18 Thread tim . conway
t; Philip Mak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 12/18/2001 04:50 PM To: Tim Conway/LMT/SC/PHILIPS@AMEC cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject:Re: RSYNC: Backup Solution thoughts... Classification: If I understand correctly, you're saying that

Re: RSYNC: Backup Solution thoughts...

2001-12-18 Thread Philip Mak
If I understand correctly, you're saying that if someone manages to gain access to my rsync server, they can read my password files and private keys, right? How would they accomplish gaining access to my rsync server, though? Only my backup server would be authorized to connect to it... I think

Re: RSYNC: Backup Solution thoughts...

2001-12-18 Thread tim . conway
o call me Tim?" Philip Mak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/18/2001 11:51 AM To: Lachlan Cranswick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (bcc: Tim Conway/LMT/SC/PHILIPS) Subject:Re: RSYNC: Backup Soluti

Re: RSYNC: Backup Solution thoughts...

2001-12-18 Thread Philip Mak
On Tue, 18 Dec 2001, Lachlan Cranswick wrote: > >My question is: How can I make server A give READ-ONLY rsync access of the > >entire disk to server B? > > Something similar the following in the /etc/rsyncd.conf file in the > server A might work(?) - just put a "read only = yes" in the config. >

RSYNC: Backup Solution thoughts...

2001-12-18 Thread Lachlan Cranswick
>I'm thinking of how to backup an entire server ("server A") to a >remote area ("server B") using rsync. > >My initial thought was to have a shell account on server B, then have a >cronjob running as root on server A that uses rsync to send all the files >over to the shell account on server B. >