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Andy Smith wrote: > On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 03:26:41PM +0000, Simon Williams wrote: >> Hello everyone (and Happy New Year). >> >> 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. > > Why not do rsync over ssh with a key that has a forced command, and > then only allow root logins that force commands? > > Your command would verify that the only thing you are doing is > rsync. > > Something like this: > http://troy.jdmz.net/rsync/ > > I use this for rsnapshot (which uses rsync and ssh) backups as > root/root. > > Cheers, > Andy > on a slightly related note, has anyone got a working rdiff-backup ? I've been trying to use it for a while without any success, seems python keeps dyeing.. -- 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