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From: "Ian P. Thomas" <ipthomas_77@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: Backup to remote tape drive, with rdump.
To: flemming@froekjaer.org (Flemming Froekjaer)
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 21:27:23 -0400 (EDT)
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	You can use sudo to set up a command alias that allows your user to
run said command, and only said command as root.  This way, you could log
in as a regular user, do a back up, and not have to log in as root.

Ian

In the last episode, Flemming Froekjaer stated...
> 
> Does rdump use ssh?
> No, I don't alow ssh root logins. Is there a way where I can do remote
> backups without alowing root logins?
> 
> \Flemming
> 
> Stephen Bader wrote:
> 
> > Is ssh allowing root logins?
> >
> > -Steve
> >
> > On Mon, 11 Jun 2001, Flemming Froekjaer wrote:
> >
> > > I have 2 FreeBSD servers. Both are 4.3 stable.
> > > One of them has a 35 GB DLT drive. I wold like to make backups of both
> > > servers to this drive.
> > > On the local machine dump works fine, but when I try remotly I get a
> > > login error.
> > >
> > > > rdump -f 192.168.41.4:/dev/nrsa0 /var
> > >   DUMP: 192.168.41.4: Connection refused
> > >   DUMP: login to 192.168.41.4 as root failed.
> > >
> > >
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