On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 12:23 PM, Les Mikesell <[email protected]> wrote: > Richard Shaw wrote: >> >> 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. > > Ssh works as a pipe - anything written to stdout on the remote side can > be read through ssh just like a local pipe. The default tar and rsync > commands configured in backuppc use this feature correctly. They should > be listed in the documentation at > http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/BackupPC.html#configuration_file in > case you've forgotten what you changed.
Ok, that makes sense. Thanks for clearing that up for me! >> 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 > > Ubuntu has a root account (as anything resembling unix must). It just > doesn't have a password assigned by default - and you don't need one for > key-pair based ssh access. That being said, does Ubuntu define a shell for root? And if not, is that required for key based ssh access? Richard ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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/
