> > 2. You're using sudo instead of root login. Your call. I prefer SSH keys > > with root not allowed to SSH by password. > > Yeah, I have sudoers cranked down so the backuppc user can only do > rsync, tar, and other things associated with the backup. Having a > single user account that has root access to everything, especially an > unattended one, causes those hairs on the back of my neck to rise. :) >
Of course if you can generally rsync (or tar) you own the machine but if that makes your hairs feel better then so be it... (that being said I do pretty much the same though I only allow rsync and only a slightly restricted type of rsync) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Centralized Desktop Delivery: Dell and VMware Reference Architecture Simplifying enterprise desktop deployment and management using Dell EqualLogic storage and VMware View: A highly scalable, end-to-end client virtualization framework. Read more! http://p.sf.net/sfu/dell-eql-dev2dev _______________________________________________ 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/
