On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 10:32:18AM +0530, Mayuresh wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 04:23:08AM -0000, Michael van Elst wrote:
> > An ISCSI target on the other hand doesn't require any privileges if
> > you just export a file as a disk image.
>
> I mean, even to export it once from the target side, you'd need root. No?
> If not, can you please provide more details such as name of the software
> on the target side etc.?
iscsi_target is in base.
Linux has TGT and probably a couple of other packages. I've never used
them.
> I have got one VPS where I have root, but not much disk space. I have
> another shell account form another provider where I have space, but no
> root. It's the latter where I wish to use for backup.
No idea if iscsi is a good solution for that, but it should work.
Greetings,
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