Juergen Harms wrote:
> Things start to run smoothly, backupPC is really nice to install and
> make running.
>
> But how do I reasonably proceed with password protection for client
> rsyncd? To get started, I presently use $Conf{RsyncdAuthRequired} = 0; -
> works nicely, but not protection.
>
> As an alternative I see that I can set that variable to 1, but then I
> must store the password in the config.pl file - which needs to be world
> readable. Not a good solution either - are there other alternatives?
config.pl only needs to be readable by the backuppc user. And most
people probably use a dedicated backup server that would only have shell
(and physical) access for authorized admins if the content needs to be
kept secure.
--
Les Mikesell
lesmikes...@gmail.com
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