[SGVLUG] Dev-sig location

[Mike Rubel]

Claude wrote:
> I use rsnapshot...

which, as I understand it, works quite well, and is actively maintained.

> BTW, has anyone set this up to backup stuff remotely via ssh?  I've
> got root on my desktop Linux box but i'd like to back up my work area
> on another Linux box which is maintained by someone else so I just
> have a regular user login.  You can set it up to use sshkeys w/o a
> passphrase but I'd rather not or at least restrict it to a specific
> command between just the two machines.

I have--actually my current scripts, which have not changed in years, are
set up for some pretty fancy ssh hackery.  As for keys, just prepend the
appropriate command= line in the authorized_keys file.  If you're really
paranoid, you can also restrict the source by IP address.

-Mike