Hi all, I'm administrating a BackupPC server and I'm concerned about the security of the whole system.
I configured the linux clients as unpriviledged users doing sudos for rsyncs to limit the risk of intrusion from the backupPC server to the clients as described in the FAQ : http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/ssh.html#how_can_client_access_as_root_be_avoided But I found a simple way to screw up the client when the backupPC server is corrupted : It is easy to empty some (or all) files of a backup : r...@backuppc:/data/backuppc/pc/172.16.2.44/3/f%2f/fhome/fjschaeff# cat /dev/null > f.bashrc And then, when the client restores the file, it gets an empty file. Is there a checking mechanism to ensure the integrity of the restored files ? i.e. the server can check that the files he is about to restore is the same as the one he stored previously ? Cheers, Jonathan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
