Self Introduction: Randy Barlow

[Randy Barlow]

Petr Spacek wrote:
> On the other hand I have to ask if the server must be running under root?
> Shoudn't it run under a dedicated user, e.g. 'aribackup'?
> 
> In that case filesystem permissions should be root:aribackup 770.

Hi Petr!

ari-backup is really just a convenient wrapper around rdiff-backup.
rdiff-backup can be run as a non-root user, but running it as root on
the backup server has the advantage of allowing it to preserve the
ownership information of the files being backed up. This way, the backup
store has the same UID/GIDs as the source, which can be convenient
during restores.

If you find this concerning, I may be able to rework ari-backup to make
the user that jobs get run under configurable (with a default to an
ari-backup user). Users like me who prefer to backup files with the
privileges needed to maintain the ownership could simply adjust a
configuration file. Do you think that would be a good way to go?

-- 
Randy Barlow
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