When doing a backup to a tape driver using Tar, only root has those
privileges.

So to do the backup, one must be logged in as root.

BUT 

Everybody in the know, says that you must never be logged in as root longer
than is necessary.

So how does one do a Crontab to do a regular tape backup, but not be logged
in as root ?

As an example, if you want to do a backup at say 3 in the morning. you have
to leave your machine logged in as root overnight.

Many thanks everybody

Mr Smiley
:o)

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