I presume root is need for tar, as it need file permissions ?
of course, but I don't really consider that a proper backup technique
Please elaborate on this.
On 14 Aug 2006, at 20:37, Henning Brauer wrote:
there an established method for keeping privileges lower when
doing dumps, i.e.
add a user who can dump and not using root to do this?
you don't need root to do backups, a member of group operator is
sufficient. we add a special backup user
On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 09:06:19PM +0100, Alan Pearson wrote:
On 14 Aug 2006, at 20:37, Henning Brauer wrote:
there an established method for keeping privileges lower when
doing dumps, i.e.
add a user who can dump and not using root to do this?
you don't need root to do backups, a
I presume root is need for tar, as it need file permissions ?
On the client a compiled, wrapper program, runtar is used
to call tar. runtar is installed owned by root and setuid'ed.
Ah, thanks Jon !
