From owner-freebsd-security Fri Jan 7 10:21:50 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from erouter0.it-datacntr.louisville.edu (erouter0.it-datacntr.louisville.edu [136.165.1.36]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0B4D158CC for ; Fri, 7 Jan 2000 10:21:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from k.stevenson@louisville.edu) Received: from osaka.louisville.edu (osaka.louisville.edu [136.165.1.114]) by erouter0.it-datacntr.louisville.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5E4B24D0E; Fri, 7 Jan 2000 13:21:22 -0500 (EST) Received: by osaka.louisville.edu (Postfix, from userid 15) id 19D9718605; Fri, 7 Jan 2000 13:21:21 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 13:21:21 -0500 From: Keith Stevenson To: Nate Williams Cc: Christian Weisgerber , freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dump over ssh Message-ID: <20000107132121.B39071@osaka.louisville.edu> References: <854v9q$1gf9$1@bigeye.rhein-neckar.de> <200001071729.KAA05487@mt.sri.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre3i In-Reply-To: <200001071729.KAA05487@mt.sri.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Jan 07, 2000 at 10:29:44AM -0700, Nate Williams wrote: > > So far I have received *zero* reactions to my proposal in PR #15830. > > > > I suggest to add to dump/restore the capability to access remote > > tapes over arbitrary rsh(1)-like commands, which would in particular > > allow to run dump over ssh, say > > > > # dump -0aP ssh -f host:/dev/nrsa0 / > > > > (The PR includes a proof of concept patch to implement this.) > > > > No interest? > > Not really, when you can do it already with the 'unix way'. > > dump -0af - / | ssh host dd of=/dev/nrsao bs=10k True, you can do it that way, but I prefer the integrated solution in PR #15830. Sorry I didn't speak up sooner. Regards, --Keith Stevenson-- -- Keith Stevenson System Programmer - Data Center Services - University of Louisville k.stevenson@louisville.edu PGP key fingerprint = 4B 29 A8 95 A8 82 EA A2 29 CE 68 DE FC EE B6 A0 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message