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@@ -243,26 +243,26 @@ sudo dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config
*** Simple rsync solution
- General idea [[http://wikis.sun.com/display/BigAdmin/Using+rdist+rsync+with+sudo+for+remote+updating][from here]]. This is just a basic setup for now, will need to be
- changed to rsnapshot or perhaps something even more sophisticated like
- bacula.
+General idea [[http://wikis.sun.com/display/BigAdmin/Using+rdist+rsync+with+sudo+for+remote+updating][from here]]. This is just a basic setup for now, will need to be
+changed to rsnapshot or perhaps something even more sophisticated like bacula.
- 1. Install rsync
+1. Install rsync
- sudo aptitude install rsync
- 2. Create a key on the backup computer
- - ssh-keygen -N "" -b 4096 -f ~/.ssh/backup_key
- - cat .ssh/backup_key.pub
- 3. Create a user on the computer that will be backed up
+2. Create a key on the backup computer:
+ - sudo mkdir /root/.ssh/backup_key
+ - sudo ssh-keygen -N "" -b 4096 -f /root/.ssh/backup_key
+ - cat /root/.ssh/backup_key.pub
+3. Create a user on the computer that will be backed up
- sudo adduser --disabled-password remupd
- add the public key from above to ~remupd/.ssh/authorized_keys2
prefix with: no-X11-forwarding,no-agent-forwarding,no-port-forwarding
- - test the key:
- ssh -i ~/.ssh/backup_key -l remupd example.com
- - add remupd to sudo:
+ - sudo EDITOR="emacs" visudo
Cmnd_Alias RSYNCDIST=/usr/bin/rsync
remupd ALL=NOPASSWD:RSYNCDIST
- 3. Create a script on the backup computer to automatically backup
- 4. Add script to crontab
+4. Test the key from the backup computer:
+ - ssh -i ~/.ssh/backup_key -l remupd example.com
+5. Create a script on the backup computer to automatically backup
+6. Add script to crontab
** Configuring the e-mail servers
*** Introduction