Re: [BackupPC-users] How to Generate the ssh key .

[Les M. <le...@fu...>]

Ryan Manikowski wrote:
> Appu,
> 
> Read the docs I posted at http://www.prosoundsystem.com/backuppc
> 
> The instructions for creating SSH keys are in there. Either document 
> will work for you.
> 

Those instructions will work but they are more complicated than 
absolutely necessary - and provide some additional security.  The object 
is for the backuppc user on the server to be able to execute rsync as 
root on the target computers.  The approach in the document is to set up 
the keys to connect as the backuppc user on the target, then sudo to run 
rsync as root, giving some additional control over access.

The simple approach is to do the ssh-keygen as backuppc on the server, 
then put the public key that is generated into 
/root/.ssh/authorized_keys on the target(s). There is a step by step 
document here:
http://howtoforge.com/linux_backuppc_p4

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   Les Mikesell
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