Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 21:27:23 -0400 (EDT) From: "Ian P. Thomas" <ipthomas_77@yahoo.com> To: flemming@froekjaer.org (Flemming Froekjaer) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Backup to remote tape drive, with rdump. Message-ID: <200106120127.VAA02346@scraemondaemon.my.domain> In-Reply-To: <no.id> from "Flemming Froekjaer" at Jun 11, 2001 12:48:16 PM
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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. > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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