I've been testing encrypted storage of backups but am confused as to how
to restore files. In my setup, I run the backup server with other
sysadmins running the individual servers being backed up and ideally I'd
like for these sysadmins to restore files from the client systems
without bothering me ... I mean "without involving me" ...
I've had no luck restoring files using amrecover (one server encrypted
with amcrypt-ossl and another with amcrypt-ossl-asym) so I decided to
review the man page and saw:
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Note
The Default values are those set at compile-time. Use amrestore to
recover client-encrypted or client-custom-compressed tapes.
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Does this mean that for the sysadmin of a client to restore files from
an encrypted backup, they can only use amrestore and not amrecover?
amrestore suggests (and I might be wrong) that the individual running it
know a lot about how the backups are stored.
The backups *SEEM* to run OK and using amrecover I can even browse the
files that were backed up.
I've reviewed the amanda HOWTOs and FAQ but while they describe the
setup for encrypted storage of backups, I don't believe there are
examples on restoring files.
Oscar
