On Fri, 2010-02-12 at 10:24 +1100, James Gray wrote: > Hi All, > > I've googled this one for a while and can't find any examples of people doing > *system* file sync with rsync. So I thought I'd throw it out to the > collective wisdom of SLUG. Here's the full story. > > We have a SuSE-based production application/DB server pair and a > corresponding pair in a disaster recovery location (offsite, bandwidth > consumption needs to be minimised). We need to sync a number of files > between these servers and some require elevated (root) privileges at *both* > ends. Here lies the problem; we don't allow remote root logins (via SSH or > any other method either...sudo, console or nadda). > > I want to use rsync because of it's ability to transfer > differential/incremental changes and thus bandwidth friendly, however any > other tool would be fine too. However, due to the inability for root to > login directly, how the heck do I synchronise particular files in privileged > locations (like /etc/shadow)? I can start whatever services I need at either > end (like an rsync server) but the main thing is all files maintain the same > owner/group/mode at each end. > > Ideas?
I have done this using sudo. I write a script on the called machine, sign on as my user and run the script using sudo which I authorise (very specifically) to root without password. Ken -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
