On 22 Apr 2008 14:33:32 +0200, "Frank Lüken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, i have 2 ubuntu-servers (with no active root account). And want to > configure a daily backup from server 1 to server 2. That means i want to > backup "/" from the server 1 at the hd of server 2! But for that i need > root rights, right? Have someone a solution for me? (Note: I don't want to > activate the root account!)
You do not need a root password. Just put the SSH public key of your backup server's root account into /root/.ssh/authorized_keys of your production server. You could also configure the rsync daemon to share "/" to the other machine with root rights. Greetings -- Robert Sander Senior Manager Information Systems Epigenomics AG Kleine Praesidentenstr. 1 10178 Berlin, Germany phone:+49-30-24345-0 fax:+49-30-24345-555 http://www.epigenomics.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Dirvish mailing list [email protected] http://www.dirvish.org/mailman/listinfo/dirvish
