Skip Guenter wrote: > > When I do: "sudo su backuppc" > followed by: "ssh -x -l backuppc c17-desktop date" > i get: "ssh: connect to host c17-desktop port 22: Connection refused" > Which I believe ya'll are telling me is because I don't have ssh-keys > set up correctly.
No, you haven't gotten that far. Connection refused means you don't have a listening sshd running or a firewall is blocking port 22. If your keys aren't right you'll normally just get a password prompt. > I do have user backuppc set up to be able to run rsync w/o a password > via: "sudo visudo" > which shows: > # User privilege specification > root ALL=(ALL) ALL > backuppc ALL=NOPASSWD: /user/bin/rsync You can skip ssh for local backups if you use another way to get root access. -- Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT is a gathering of tech-side developers & brand creativity professionals. Meet the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, & iPhoneDevCamp asthey present alongside digital heavyweights like Barbarian Group, R/GA, & Big Spaceship. http://www.creativitycat.com _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/