On 03/01 05:18 , Khaled Hussain wrote: > 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.
you set up a special user for backuppc to log in as (I use 'rsyncbakup', myself); then set up your DSA key on the target machine to use the command= option to describe what command will be run (and only command which can be run) when that user logs in. The entry at the bottom of this page: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/ssh.html has a description of some of what I'm talking about (tho not the command= option in the DSA key). I wrote a fairly detailed explanation of it, once upon a time and posted it to the list, but I don't know where that might be now. I'll see if I can find it and re-post it. -- Carl Soderstrom Systems Administrator Real-Time Enterprises www.real-time.com ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
