-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Greetings,
I see solution in creating user "backup" a use POSIX ACL for allowing this user to read files being backed up. If you are backing up "/" mountpoint (and have /home, /var, /tmp, etc. on separate partitions/file systems) then this is indeed a bad idea to enable ACL on root file system. Another solution would be to use sudo. Best, VooDooMan . On 28. 5. 2010 0:00, 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 considered a bad idea to > allow root login to ssh, but I cannot preserve ownership and permissions if I > disallow root login. > > Is this really a problem since my machines are behind a router on my LAN? The > ssh key-pairs are not password protected, but isn't the only real security > threat losing the private key? > > Is there a way to lock this down a bit more while still enabling unattended > backups? > > thx, > feffer > > +---------------------------------------------------------------------- > |This was sent by feffer...@yahoo.com via Backup Central. > |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. > +---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > _______________________________________________ > rdiff-backup-users mailing list at rdiff-backup-users@nongnu.org > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users > Wiki URL: http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkv+/jUACgkQ1b4D/nruUWdkYgCghQpKfgmK5H59I/1SF2j2vjt5 yIoAoKebtEEvHBfzoQxCXQhvXTOkUsKg =+4LD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ rdiff-backup-users mailing list at rdiff-backup-users@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users Wiki URL: http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki
