Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:24:52 -0600 From: Andrew Gould <andrewlylegould@gmail.com> To: Frank Shute <frank@shute.org.uk>, Jos Chrispijn <jos@webrz.net>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Rsync | Push script Message-ID: <d356c5630902260724v6343398dw874098b5e555bd76@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20090226151410.GA94057@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> References: <49A00445.8080703@webrz.net> <20090226151410.GA94057@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk>
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> > On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 02:40:21PM +0100, Jos Chrispijn wrote: > > > > Just having made a backup script that should take care of nocturnal > > backup of my mySQL data from one server to my backup server. > > > > cd /backup > > DATE=`date "+%d%m%y"` > > DIR=backup.$DATE > > > > /letc/rc.d/mysql-server stop > ^^^^ > > rsync -avpog /var/db/mysql //root@10.10.10.50:123/usr/backup/$DATE/ > > /letc/rc.d/mysql-server start > ^^^^ > > > > It goes wrong when I run the rsync line; I run my backup thru port 123 > > (can be any portnumber). > > 10.10.10.50 is backup server on which I want to logon as root; during > > script run I will fill out root password myself. > > > > Can someone hint me in the right direction? rsync deamon is running. > > > > Jos Chrispijn > Doesn't rsync work via ssh by default? The default configuration of sshd on the backup server probably prevents external root users from accessing the server. Are you sure you want to run the backups as root? Andrew Gould
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