On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 11:39 AM, Les Mikesell <[email protected]> wrote: > Jose Torres wrote: >> I followed this KBA for ubuntu/backuppc installation and configuration: >> >> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BackupPC >> >> The default config.pl tar command does not include the network computer >> either. The KBA suggested change takes care of the sudo mode of Ubuntu root >> required commands, does not change much. >> >> So should I conclude that I must use rsync mode instead of tar mode to do >> network backups? > > No, tar would work remotely, although rsync has advantages. But sudo is > not a network command and is not going to run anything remotely. > Whatever instructions you are following must be limited to the local > machine and should only appear in that machine's configuration (whether > you are editing the .pl file directly or using the web interface).
I know you could use ssh to run the tar command on the remote machine but I don't know how you would get the output of tar (the data) back to the backup server. Since Ubuntu does not have root accounts you may have to use this[1] method. Richard [1] http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/ssh.html#how_can_client_access_as_root_be_avoided ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, a free event focused on virtualization and cloud computing. Attend in-depth sessions from your desk. Your couch. Anywhere. http://p.sf.net/sfu/redhat-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
