Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 21:38:20 -0800 From: "Crist J. Clark" <cristjc@earthlink.net> To: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> Cc: Rasputin <rasputin@submonkey.net>, "Stephen T. Shipley" <steve@e-shipley.com>, security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: crypted remote backup Message-ID: <20011128213820.I3985@blossom.cjclark.org> In-Reply-To: <3C04EEF9.D10C1B41@centtech.com>; from anderson@centtech.com on Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 08:04:41AM -0600 References: <E168Qts-000Bj5-00@rip.psg.com> <200111270147.fAR1lDk16602@e-shipley.com> <20011128101048.A25860@shikima.mine.nu> <3C04EEF9.D10C1B41@centtech.com>
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On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 08:04:41AM -0600, Eric Anderson wrote:
> What I have been doing is croning a script (as root) that
> tarballs the right stuff, and then scp the file as another
> user ("backup" in my case) to another box. This way I'm not
> logging in as root to copy a file over the net, and I don't
> have to have sshd set up to allow root logins at all.
There is no reason that root on the local machine (the one with the
tarball) can't log into the remote box as another user.
#!/bin/sh
tar czf backup.tgz your_backup_files ..
scp backup.tgz backup@remote-machine:backup.tgz
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