Juergen Harms wrote:
> Things start to run smoothly, backupPC is really nice to install and 
> make running.
> 
> But how do I reasonably proceed with password protection for client 
> rsyncd? To get started, I presently use $Conf{RsyncdAuthRequired} = 0; - 
> works nicely, but not protection.
> 
> As an alternative I see that I can set that variable to 1, but then I 
> must store the password in the config.pl file - which needs to be world 
> readable. Not a good solution either - are there other alternatives?

config.pl only needs to be readable by the backuppc user.  And most 
people probably use a dedicated backup server that would only have shell 
(and physical) access for authorized admins if the content needs to be 
kept secure.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com

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