But if his hosts are going to get new IP addresses periodically, he may want to include in his RsyncArgs: $sshPath -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no ...
It's not the greatest solution, but it sounds like it's what he's going to need if he sticks with DHCP and rsync over ssh. -Rob James Kyle wrote: > So, from what I can tell, configuration of the backuppc server is > pretty straight forward: > > 1. append a hosts entry to $BackupPCHome/conf/hosts > 2. create the $BackupPCHome/conf/pc/bpcaccount.pl file for client > specific configs. > 3. create a $BackupPCHome/pc/bpcaccount directory > > Then execute the ssh -oStrictHostKeyChecking=no command for initial > known_hosts addition. > > done. > > > On Sep 20, 2007, at 10:57 AM, Rob Owens wrote: > >> ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no yourhostname >> >> This bypasses a security check and will automatically add the host key >> to the known_hosts file. >> >> -Rob >> >> >>> On Sep 20, 2007, at 8:37 AM, Jon Saints wrote: >>> >>>> I have a number of Linux and Mac clients that acquire network >>>> addresses via DHCP. The backuppc server is able to identify >>>> clients without trouble using nmblookup, and I back them up using >>>> SHH/rsync. >>>> >>>> The problem occurs when the DHCP server changes the IP address of >>>> one of the clients. Once this happens, the security key exchange >>>> that i did originally with the client is no longer valid. As a >>>> result, subsequent backups fail. >>>> >>>> What is the best way around this? I prefer to keep my clients using >>>> DHCP. Would using a local Certificate Authority solve this problem? >>>> or is my best option to have the DHCP server assign fixed IPs to >>>> the clients that need to be backed up (i would prefer to avoid this >>>> if possible)? >>>> >>>> Thanks for your thoughts! >>>> Jon >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ____________________________________________________________________ >>>> __ >>>> ______________ >>>> Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your >>>> story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games. >>>> http://sims.yahoo.com/ >>>> >>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> -- >>>> --- >>>> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft >>>> Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. >>>> http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> BackupPC-users mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users >>>> http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> ---- >>> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft >>> Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. >>> http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> BackupPC-users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users >>> http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> --- >> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft >> Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. >> http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ >> _______________________________________________ >> BackupPC-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users >> http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
