Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Security problem with rdiff over ssh?

2010-05-27 Thread Aneurin Price
On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 23:00, feffer wrote: > > I'm running rdiff-backup over ssh with an unattended cron script using an ssh > key-pair proceedure described here > (http://arctic.org/~dean/rdiff-backup/unattended.html). My script works fine, > but I'm wondering about security. It is generally

[rdiff-backup-users] Re: Windows: backing up files the administrator can't read

2010-05-24 Thread Aneurin Price
On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 11:59, Aneurin Price wrote: > On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 15:02, Aneurin Price wrote: > >> I'm hoping to use rdiff-backup to perform backups on Windows retaining >> full ACLs, including for files which the administrator cannot access. > > ...

[rdiff-backup-users] Re: Windows: backing up files the administrator can't read

2010-05-24 Thread Aneurin Price
On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 15:02, Aneurin Price wrote: > I'm hoping to use rdiff-backup to perform backups on Windows retaining > full ACLs, including for files which the administrator cannot access. ... > On Cygwin (as of 1.7 at least) file access is wrapped to use the > back

[rdiff-backup-users] Windows: backing up files the administrator can't read

2010-05-20 Thread Aneurin Price
Hello all, I'm hoping to use rdiff-backup to perform backups on Windows retaining full ACLs, including for files which the administrator cannot access. Unlike on a POSIX system in which the superuser can access any files regardless of the permissions set, on Windows it is possible to restrict any