Re: [BackupPC-users] Best practices for client-side unix user

2009-07-30 Thread Mark Maciolek
hi, I create user rsyncbackup and add to sudoers file. rsyncbackup ALL=NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/rsync Must also edit the RsyncClientCmd & RysncClientRestoreCmd $sshPath -q -x -l rsyncbackup $host /usr/bin/sudo $rsyncPath $argList+ also user will still need authorized_keys file for ssh with no passw

[BackupPC-users] Best practices for client-side unix user

2009-07-30 Thread Max
Hi, I run BackupPC on ServerA, using the rsync method to get data from ClientA. (pretty conventional). If I want to perform a full backup of ClientA (all files, in all directories), what would be the best-pratices for getting the ssh/rsync user to read all that data? - Using root ? (probably