From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 30 9:51: 1 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from almazs.pacex.net (almazs.pacex.net [204.1.219.156]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7555515975 for ; Tue, 30 Nov 1999 09:50:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from danielb@almazs.pacex.net) Received: from localhost (danielb@localhost) by almazs.pacex.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA28819 for ; Tue, 30 Nov 1999 09:50:45 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 09:50:45 -0800 (PST) From: daniel B To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Backup remote host using SSH Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi List; I am trying to backup a remote host 'frank' to a tape drive in a local host 'homer' using SSh. What syntax can I use for ssh to work with tar? On local host 'homer' tar cvf /dev/nrst0 slogin frank://home/users does not work the backup user has the same username and password on both machines Dan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message