On Tue, Aug 03, 2021 at 10:51:34AM +, Andy Smith via rsync
wrote:
> Hi Chris,
>
> On Tue, Aug 03, 2021 at 09:48:37AM +0100, Chris Green via rsync wrote:
> > But how do you handle the other end to restore the root ownership etc.?
> > The script has to do something like:-
> >
> > rsync
Andy Smith via rsync wrote:
> Hi Chris,
>
> On Tue, Aug 03, 2021 at 11:48:31AM +0100, Chris Green via rsync wrote:
> > If I used the --super option (in a command like the one above) and
> > chris can run rsync as root on the remote end (via options in the
> > sudoers file) will this do what I
Paul Slootman via rsync 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
Andy Smith via rsync wrote:
> Hi Chris,
>
> On Tue, Aug 03, 2021 at 09:48:37AM +0100, Chris Green via rsync wrote:
> > But how do you handle the other end to restore the root ownership etc.?
> > The script has to do something like:-
> >
> > rsync -a /etc/ chris@remote:backups/etc/
> >
> >
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
Hi Chris,
On Tue, Aug 03, 2021 at 11:48:31AM +0100, Chris Green via rsync wrote:
> If I used the --super option (in a command like the one above) and
> chris can run rsync as root on the remote end (via options in the
> sudoers file) will this do what I want? I guess I can go away and try
> it!
Hi Chris,
On Tue, Aug 03, 2021 at 09:48:37AM +0100, Chris Green via rsync wrote:
> But how do you handle the other end to restore the root ownership etc.?
> The script has to do something like:-
>
> rsync -a /etc/ chris@remote:backups/etc/
>
> So at the remote end it only has chris'
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?
>
> This is actually from and to Debian based systems (from Raspberry Pi
> to Xubuntu)
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?
This is actually from and to Debian based systems (from Raspberry Pi
to Xubuntu) so there's no actual root user login
