Re: Using rsync to backup remote server as root

2009-09-03 Thread henri
> --rsync-path="sudo rsync" Another way to achieve something similar would be to have PermitRoot set to without-password, and then set up a key pair for remote login. In authorized_keys2, the remote access for this key pair can be limited to the rsync command. When considering these, b

Re: Using rsync to backup remote server as root

2009-08-30 Thread Andrew Gideon
On Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:30:55 +1200, Nathan Ward wrote: > --rsync-path="sudo rsync" Another way to achieve something similar would be to have PermitRoot set to without-password, and then set up a key pair for remote login. In authorized_keys2, the remote access for this key pair can be limited

Re: Using rsync to backup remote server as root

2009-08-26 Thread Nathan Ward
On 27/08/2009, at 4:18 PM, Allistar wrote: How do I enable a full backup of the remote server without allowing root top log in to ssh? Can I somehow get rsync to login as a normal user and then do some kind of "sudo" command? --rsync-path="sudo rsync" -- Nathan Ward -- Please use reply-

Using rsync to backup remote server as root

2009-08-26 Thread Allistar
Hi there, I use this rsync command to backup "/" of a remote server: rsync -Hav --delete --exclude-from=backup.excludes --delete-excluded -e "ssh -p 45658" r...@samwise:/ /mnt/backup/samwise/backup Where: samwise: is the name of the server (yes yes, I know, naming computer after Hobbits may be