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> > I'm trying to make a backup of my server using rsync over ssh. Direct > > root logins are not permitted on either machine, but this presents a > > problem. I need to have root perms on the server so that I can see all > > the files to backup. But I also need root perms on the machine to which > > the backups are being made so that the ownership of files is preserved. > > Use tar to archive the data to be backed up, then rsync the tar file.. this > way permissions and ownership flags are maintained. > The problem with that is rsync does an incremental copy (only those files that have changed). tarring them all together prevents this from working, so you will always have a worst case data transfer. I use rsync for keeping 70Gb of image files in sync, and this would be significantly slower if I tarred them all together :) It depends what your backups look like. D -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html