>>>> On Linux, how is communication between the clients and the backup >>>> server achieved as far as security? Does the backup server pull or do >>>> the clients push and as which user? >>> >>> This depends on the transfer method: >>> - tar and rsync tunnel their data over ssh -> secure. >> >> I would use this. >> >>> And as reading the basic docs of backuppc tell you, the server pulls >>> the changes from the clients automatically or when told via the >>> web-interface. >> >> Does that mean the server has root read access to the entire >> filesystem of each of the clients via SSH keys? > > And usually write access as well. Some people use a different login > on the clients adding sudo with restrictions on the command that can > be run as root. You can also use restrictions with an ssh key for > some control over the allowed commands, but you can't really get > around the need to read anything you want to back up and to write if > you want to restore.
Could I create hard links in a particular directory for the files to be backed up on the client and limit permissions for the backup server to that directory? - Grant ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev _______________________________________________ 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/
