On Thu, Apr 27, 2000 at 01:23:28PM -0700, James wrote:
-> I am impressed by the security settings for Mandrake which seem to hide
-> and disallow certain read functions.. but I wish to make backups of my
-> server and I am not allowed direct copy of certain directories to my
-> remote computer.
->
-> How do I give myself rights (even if only temporarily) to copy, through
-> ftp, all the files I want to copy for a backup on a different computer?
That would involve giving FTP access to root areas of the system, which is
potentially insecure. I advise against it.
Slightly less insecure, use NFS with root quash.
Even better, use a backup program which runs a client on the computer to
be backed up. Arkeia, Amanda and Work Station Solutions' Quick Restore all
do this, but the last is probably a higher price than you care to spend.
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