Re: [BackupPC-users] Why should I use root to connect to host

2008-08-01 Thread Holger Parplies
Hi, brunal wrote on 2008-07-30 12:20:38 +0200 [Re: [BackupPC-users] Why should I use root to connect to host]: > [...] > - MainServer is the server where all important data are store (on a > raid-1). It's located inside the building on a internal 1Gbyte network. > - BackupSer

Re: [BackupPC-users] Why should I use root to connect to host

2008-07-30 Thread brunal
ealing with user and permission would be the cherry on the cake, as The only port open on the two server would be port 22, something that I can change to make security harder to brake. I promess, I will write a tutorial in the backuppc wiki if I can get a working solution! ;-) Cheers, Bruno

Re: [BackupPC-users] Why should I use root to connect to host

2008-07-29 Thread Holger Parplies
Hi, brunal wrote on 2008-07-29 16:09:12 +0200 [[BackupPC-users] Why should I use root to connect to host]: > > Indeed, the server i want to backup is the main server of my network, > and pretty well secured. That means, hence, that root cannot have > access to the server throu

Re: [BackupPC-users] Why should I use root to connect to host

2008-07-29 Thread Gian Carlo Stagni
(sorry for private-reply) Chris Robertson ha scritto: > brunal wrote: >> Hi, >> >> One question that I dont understand : can I use another user than >> root to connect to my host? >> > > The only reason to connect as root is to make sure you have access to > all the files you want to back u

Re: [BackupPC-users] Why should I use root to connect to host

2008-07-29 Thread Chris Robertson
brunal wrote: > Hi, > > One question that I dont understand : can I use another user than > root to connect to my host? > The only reason to connect as root is to make sure you have access to all the files you want to back up. > And to my host side, a user backuppc exist and have access to

Re: [BackupPC-users] Why should I use root to connect to host

2008-07-29 Thread Nils Breunese (Lemonbit)
brunal wrote: > One question that I dont understand : can I use another user than > root to connect to my host? > > Indeed, the server i want to backup is the main server of my network, > and pretty well secured. That means, hence, that root cannot have > access to the server through ssh, only non

[BackupPC-users] Why should I use root to connect to host

2008-07-29 Thread brunal
Hi, One question that I dont understand : can I use another user than root to connect to my host? Indeed, the server i want to backup is the main server of my network, and pretty well secured. That means, hence, that root cannot have access to the server through ssh, only non-root user can.