On 9/9/2013 12:29 PM, Les Mikesell wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 11:07 AM, David Williams
> <dwilliams AT dtw-consulting DOT com> wrote:
>> The single file was just a test...I will want to restore a whole bunch of
>> files.  Does the backuppc documentation explain how to set up the ssh key
>> for backuppc to execute as root on the target (which is in fact one and the
>> same machine)?  I don't have access to the backuppc documentation at this
>> moment, but if it is there then I will take a look into it.
> Sure - you need exactly the same for a restore as a backup - that is,
> root access to the target from the backuppc account on the server.
> Depending on the platform, you may be able to (starting from root on
> the backuppc server:
> su - backuppc   (you might need 'su -s /bin/bash - backuppc' if there
> is no login shell for the account).
> ssh-copy-id root@target_host
> (and then answer the prompts to accept the host key and  for the
> remote root password)
> That uses a password-based connection to set the keys up for you for
> subsequent passwordless connections.
>
Ok, gave the above a try and this is what happened:

-bash-4.2$ ssh-copy-id root@linuxpc
/usr/bin/ssh-copy-id: ERROR: No identities found


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