From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 5 04:30:45 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 529FE1065675 for ; Mon, 5 May 2008 04:30:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chris@chrismaness.com) Received: from nlpi087.prodigy.net (nlpi087.prodigy.net [207.115.36.103]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA6C58FC15 for ; Mon, 5 May 2008 04:30:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chris@chrismaness.com) X-ORBL: [76.238.148.150] Received: from [192.168.1.2] (adsl-76-238-148-150.dsl.irvnca.sbcglobal.net [76.238.148.150]) by nlpi087.prodigy.net (8.13.8 out.dk.spool/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m454Uhbd031845 for ; Sun, 4 May 2008 23:30:44 -0500 Message-ID: <481E8D73.4030405@chrismaness.com> Date: Sun, 04 May 2008 21:30:43 -0700 From: Chris Maness User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11/20080227) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: rsync as root for mail servers? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 May 2008 04:30:45 -0000 I plan on cutting over a server to new hardware, and I was wondering if I can add cert based login for root (how do I do this)? This is so that I can use rsync as root to sync the mail spool and home directories. Will this work? I am using sendmail and wu-imapd. Thanks, Chris Maness