From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 18 2:57:41 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from qmail.devnet-uk.net (qmail.devnet-uk.net [62.6.184.204]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EFA5514D9F for ; Tue, 18 Jan 2000 02:57:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from adrian@devnet-uk.net) Received: (qmail 6253 invoked by uid 1010); 18 Jan 2000 10:57:29 -0000 Message-ID: <20000118105729.6252.qmail@qmail.devnet-uk.net> References: <0001181244430A.25159@itsunix.uwc.ac.za> In-reply-to: <0001181244430A.25159@itsunix.uwc.ac.za> From: adrian@devnet-uk.net To: mark Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 10:57:29 GMT Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG mark writes: > > Hello, > > I am a newbie to UNIX ( approx 1.5 months ) and need some help. > > I have 5 Unix machines ( 1 new backup , 4 servers ) and I would now like to > backup the necessary information on the servers. > > I was thinking that I could tar the info on the servers and then scp it to the > backup server at a specified time using the cron daemon. And then for the > backup server to well of cousre back it up using cron as well. > > The problem comes in when I scp it asks for a password. > I am not sure how to use the cron to send a password ( not safe either if > someone gets to see the cron file ) > > The backup server needs to accept password-less scp from my 4 servers only, and > any other admin machines etc, as normal with passwords. > > Do you think that this is the right way to go about it? > Do you have any other ideas? > > Many thanks for your time, > > Mark > Trainee UNIX ADMINISTRATOR > UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message Hi You might want to look at Amanda, which is in the ports. Adrian Urquhart Technical Director devnet (uk) ltd To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message