Backup with rsync

[John Summerfield]

Timothy Murphy wrote:
> I've been using rsync to backup my desktop
> to another machine linked by ethernet.
> 
> Actually, to date I have only been backing up
> my own files, and have had no problems.
> But I was thinking of backing up the whole system,
> and I discovered that I would have to allow
> root login with ssh.
> I know how to do this in the sshd config
> but would prefer not to do it if possible.
> 
> Is there a simple way round this?
> 
> 
man sshd with particular reference to "AUTHORIZED_KEYS FILE FORMAT"

I think this will do what you want including limit root access to some 
particular hosts.

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Cheers
John

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