Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 15:45:22 -0400 (EDT) From: David Miller <dmiller@search.sparks.net> To: Willem Brown <willem@brwn.org> Cc: keith@mail.telestream.com, Victor Sudakov <sudakov@sibptus.tomsk.ru>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Anyone using dump(8) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005301541100.25461-100000@search.sparks.net> In-Reply-To: <393372ED.F3B24C20@brwn.org>
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On Tue, 30 May 2000, Willem Brown wrote: > Hi, > > You can actually use ssh instead of rsh to do the remote dump. > Just rename the existing rsh executable and create a link to ssh > > mv /usr/bin/rsh /usr/bin/rsh.o > ln -s /usr/local/bin/ssh /usr/hin/rsh > > You would also have to configure the remote host to allow this host > to connect without specifying a password. It doesn't seem to prompt > for one. > > I would imagine that you can use public keys and host based > authentication to control the access to the remote server. You can use .shost files after ssh'ing from each box to the other: HOWEVER... A better thing to do for network backups in most circumstances is to use amanda. remote root access is not required. Has lots of advantages for network wide backups over dump/pax/cpio/etc. look in the ports section for a better description. --- David To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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