[WBEL-users] ssh, root, and remote backups

[Carsten Boehlke]

Hi.

Try to log in via ssh as a non-root user with the trusted key method (you
don't need a password) an then run your backup job with sudo

E.g. sudo -u username command

Put everything in a script and have fun:-)

Carsten.



Am 13.08.2004 5:28 Uhr schrieb "James Knowles" unter
<jamesk@ifm-services.com>:

> All of this ssh talk spurs a question for me... we have remote boxes to
> administer, which we also do backups via rsync over ssh.
> 
> Now in theory one should not allow logins directly to root. In practice
> I've not figured out a way to do automated backups without logging in
> directly as root.
> 
> Suggestions? Comments?
> 
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