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Re: [BackupPC-users] Backing up macs

2013-12-06 09:46:34
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Backing up macs
From: "Michael Stowe" <mstowe AT chicago.us.mensa DOT org>
To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2013 08:45:23 -0600
> Thanks Ray and Kris for the advice. I checked and found I?ve got 3GB of
> memory in my BackupPC Server, so it seems that it should be sufficient.
>
> What user context does BackupPC connect to the machine under in order to
> get it to back up properly? Do you enable the root user on the Mac? Or do
> you create an administrative user of some sort on the macintosh and run
> rsync as that user?
>
> Justin Best
> 360.513.1489

I enable the root user and back them up just like any [other] *nix system.
 I only bother excluding temporary files, and I've never had a problem.

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