Hello,
How can I get around this? I know I can change the user to be used in the
per-pc config file but I need to create a user that has root privelages. The
only solution seems to be to create another user with root's privelages: but
the problem seems to be that certain files that have only owner read/write
permissions cannot be accessed by anyone other than root!
I obviously cannot change permissions on these files.
Being a novice, I am hoping for an answer like: you dont need permissions to
rsync files over ssh only to 'access' them (if there is a difference), but I
am doubting this.
I really dont want to have to permit root login because if I do, then Ill
have to do it for 10s of other servers - which doesn't make our network
secure at all.
in the config.pl of your PC
$Conf{RsyncClientPath} = 'sudo /usr/bin/rsync';
$Conf{RsyncClientCmd} = '$sshPath -q -x -l backuppc $host $rsyncPath
$argList+';
$Conf{RsyncClientRestoreCmd} = '$sshPath -q -x -l backuppc $host
$rsyncPath $argList+';
and in the client,
- create a user like backuppc
- edit "/etc/sudoers" with visudo and put
backuppc ALL=NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/rsync
regards
jmb
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