On 11/11 02:43 , Frank J. Gómez wrote:
> Paranoid person that I am, I followed the instructions here (
> http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/localhost.html) to run tar in a way that
> would not allow the backuppc user to become root.

Is there a reason you're using tar rather than rsync? I run rsync-over-ssh
without root access (using sudo in the host key on the remote side). I do
realize there are cases where tar is faster tho.

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Carl Soderstrom
Systems Administrator
Real-Time Enterprises
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