On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 4:37 AM, Delta <[email protected]>wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> I am going to use backuppc for the first time and would like to know how to
> backup the /etc and /home local on the machine/server with BackupPC.  Any
> issues regarding permissions would be great to know and what to set where so
> I do not get any errors.
>

Since it's local, I would recommend using sudo instead of ssh'ing to
localhost as root.

Check out
http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/ssh.html#how_can_client_access_as_root_be_avoided

Good luck!

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