Skip Guenter wrote:
> 
> When I do: "sudo su backuppc"
> followed by: "ssh -x -l backuppc c17-desktop date"
> i get: "ssh: connect to host c17-desktop port 22: Connection refused"
> Which I believe ya'll are telling me is because I don't have ssh-keys
> set up correctly.

No, you haven't gotten that far.  Connection refused means you don't 
have a listening sshd running or a firewall is blocking port 22.  If 
your keys aren't right you'll normally just get a password prompt.

> I do have user backuppc set up to be able to run rsync w/o a password
> via: "sudo visudo" 
> which shows: 
> # User privilege specification
> root     ALL=(ALL) ALL
> backuppc ALL=NOPASSWD: /user/bin/rsync

You can skip ssh for local backups if you use another way to get root 
access.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com




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