BackupPC-users

Re: [BackupPC-users] Exporting host settings from old to new BPC-server

2011-04-12 04:54:34
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Exporting host settings from old to new BPC-server
From: "Tyler J. Wagner" <tyler AT tolaris DOT com>
To: sorin.srbu AT orgfarm.uu DOT se, "General list for user discussion, questions and support" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 09:52:00 +0100
On Tue, 2011-04-12 at 09:47 +0200, Sorin Srbu wrote:
> Anyway, the answer seems to be yes, you can just copy over the ssh-keys from 
> the
> old BPC-server to the new, and have it working.
> 
> A follow-up question to this is as follows; is this a recommended practice? 
> Can
> something bad happen?

Make sure you don't leave the SSH private keys on the old server. srm
(see the secure-delete package) is your friend. Otherwise, no.

Regards,
Tyler

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