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Date:      Thu, 30 Oct 1997 01:11:09 +0100
From:      Palle Girgensohn <girgen@partitur.se>
To:        admin@netsys.hn
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Help for backup with TR-4 Travan minicartridges
Message-ID:  <3457D09D.DCEF9572@partitur.se>
References:  <345795AA.B8DC3FB1@netsys.hn>

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Quin Taylor wrote:
> 
> Dear Sirs:
> 
> I am an ISP in Honduras and I use TRAVAN tr-4 tapes for backup.
> However I am having a large problem when issuing the unix dump backup
> command.
> Please send instructions for Free BSD Unix backup.... I am using
> 
> /sbin/rdump 0dsfu 67733 740 /dev/nrst0 /
> 
> This starts fine but needs 3 cartridges to complete a backup of
> a 4gb hard disk and this disk is only 7% full. One tape should be plenty
> but somehow I am giving incorrect command from unix.
> 
> Please let me know the best dump command in unix to backup my unix
> FREEBSD system.

Hello Quin,

I use option a (as in auto-size) with my travan. works like a charm:

dump 0dua /dev/nrst0 /


Maybe you could help me in return? I'm running 2.2-stable with the
default login.conf file. This prevents root from doing rsh (and rdump).
How do I set up a login.conf that doesn't prevent rdump? This
compromises security, I know. How bad is this for security, though?

Regards,
Palle



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