On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 11:39:46 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > It says: > "In this case Josh NICES the backup so that it doesn't give such a > performance hit on the client..." > Then it give the command using "nice" as one of the command arguments. > > Can someone explain to me what this means?
See "man nice" (or "info nice"). The "nice" utility enables one to run processes at a higher or lower priority than standard. > Also, the script that the documentation suggest one write to avoid an > attacker using rsync to write files on the client machine... It's not clear to me what you're asking, but the server accesses the client (optionally) via rsyncd or ssh/rsync, so you may want to ensure that only the server and other authorised hosts can access the client via those protocols. This can be done with, for example, iptables rules. hth, 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: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
