Re: rsync over lan

[Sam Leon <debian@net153.net>]

tyler wrote:
> Hi,
>
> With some help from the good people on this list, I got a simple home
> network setup, and I'm now using it to backup my laptop to my desktop
> using rsync. I have one question though - I'm backing up /etc, /home,
> /opt, and parts of /usr and /var. I want to preserve ownership, but if I
> do the backup from my user account as:
>
> rsync -av --include-from=/home/tyler/rsync_includes /
>   etch.mynetwork:/home/tyler/laptop
>
> Then the ownerships all get set to tyler tyler, even when they are
> originally root root. In order to preserve the ownerships, I have to run
> the above command as root, which requires that I configure sshd on the
> desktop to accept root logins. Even behind a NAT router, that doesn't
> seem like a good idea. Am I missing something?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tyler

Yes that is normal.  I have been using root login's  for many years. 
Just use shared keys and add "PermitRootLogin without-password" to 
sshd.conf and root can only login using a shared key.  Ain't no one 
going to guess a shared key.

Also I use rsnapshot.  It uses rsync to download the data each time into 
a separate directory and all the files that have not changed are hard 
linked back to the older directory.  That away you can have multiple 
snapshots without using tons of space.  Sorta the way backuppc works too.

Sam