Ryan Manikowski wrote: > Appu, > > Read the docs I posted at http://www.prosoundsystem.com/backuppc > > The instructions for creating SSH keys are in there. Either document > will work for you. >
Those instructions will work but they are more complicated than absolutely necessary - and provide some additional security. The object is for the backuppc user on the server to be able to execute rsync as root on the target computers. The approach in the document is to set up the keys to connect as the backuppc user on the target, then sudo to run rsync as root, giving some additional control over access. The simple approach is to do the ssh-keygen as backuppc on the server, then put the public key that is generated into /root/.ssh/authorized_keys on the target(s). There is a step by step document here: http://howtoforge.com/linux_backuppc_p4 -- Les Mikesell [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
