From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 5 07:07:43 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 B739A106568F for ; Mon, 5 May 2008 07:07:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from catalin@starcomms.com) Received: from webmail.starcomms.com (webmail.starcomms.com [41.205.191.5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 45CA18FC0A for ; Mon, 5 May 2008 07:07:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from catalin@starcomms.com) Received: from (mars.starcomms.local [172.16.2.31]) by webmail.starcomms.com with smtp id 4ac7_88a5cd12_1a71_11dd_ac1c_001143cecab4; Mon, 05 May 2008 08:04:41 +0100 Received: from STA-HQ-S001.starcomms.local ([172.16.2.28]) by webmail.starcomms.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Mon, 5 May 2008 08:12:03 +0100 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 08:12:32 +0100 Message-ID: <3A0AA7018522134597ED63B3B794C92A01D41987@STA-HQ-S001.starcomms.local> In-Reply-To: <481E8D73.4030405@chrismaness.com> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: rsync as root for mail servers? Thread-Index: AciuaYufAjeW9TIwTwCBcs2Qjq07VAAFGhYQ References: <481E8D73.4030405@chrismaness.com> From: "Catalin Miclaus" To: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 05 May 2008 07:12:03.0437 (UTC) FILETIME=[51AC11D0:01C8AE7F] Cc: Subject: RE: 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 07:07:43 -0000 You can use the SSH key then change it for security reasons. For directories is working fine, I never tried on the e-mail spool thou. Best Regards Catalin Miclaus -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Chris Maness Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 5:31 AM To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: rsync as root for mail servers? I plan on cutting over a server to new hardware, and I was wondering if=20 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. =20 Will this work? I am using sendmail and wu-imapd. Thanks, Chris Maness _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"