Re: [BackupPC-users] Conquering Thecus access as a client with rsync

2017-05-14 Thread Richard Shaw
The easy way to exchange keys on Fedora to use rsync over ssh assuming you're using root to do the backup on the clien: (as root) # su -s /bin/bash -l backuppc # ssh-keygen (don't add a passphrase, it would defeat the purpose) # ssh-copy-id root@ After that you should be able to "ssh root@" and i

[BackupPC-users] Conquering Thecus access as a client with rsync

2017-05-14 Thread Robert Katz
Public/private keys are tough enough for me to understand. I'm hoping there is a way to set up rsync on the server to use a tough client without a password using tasks defined in rsyncd.conf. The tough client is a Thecus NAS which is pretty sandboxed. I love it, though, cause it requires minimal c