On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 09:39:15 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > The user would need read-access to everything (in order to backup /home > and some files in /etc), preferably without being able to run commands > other than rsync. How would I achieve this?
By using sudo (as I said). Sudo runs the program specified with root privileges - we backup lots of servers this way. Keith -- Keith Edmunds +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Tiger Computing Ltd | Helping businesses make the most of Linux | | "The Linux Company" | http://www.tiger-computing.co.uk | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
