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linux:rsnapshot [2008/11/24 22:08] alien Some clarifications and re-formatting. |
linux:rsnapshot [2010/04/24 19:25] (current) alien Add a link to my article about the NSLU2 |
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| A good read is the [[http://www.rsnapshot.org/howto/1.2/rsnapshot-HOWTO.en.html | Rsnapshot HOWTO]]. | A good read is the [[http://www.rsnapshot.org/howto/1.2/rsnapshot-HOWTO.en.html | Rsnapshot HOWTO]]. | ||
| + | Another article worth checking is my companion article about [[linux:slug | using a Linksys NAS as rsnapshot server]]. | ||
| ==== Getting the software ==== | ==== Getting the software ==== | ||
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| * Add this line to ''/etc/sudoers'' so that user ''rbackup'' can run the wrapper's ''rsync'' command with //root// privileges: <code>rbackup ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/rsync</code> | * Add this line to ''/etc/sudoers'' so that user ''rbackup'' can run the wrapper's ''rsync'' command with //root// privileges: <code>rbackup ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/rsync</code> | ||
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| + | === Testing remote login === | ||
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| + | When all configuration is complete, and before your scheduled cron jobs start, you should test whether the non-interactive passwordless login from the rsnapshot server to the remote //rbackup// account is functional.\\ You need to make a ssh connection at least once, to add the public key of the remote machine to your root account's //''known_hosts''// file. <code> | ||
| + | # ssh rbackup@client.my.lan | ||
| + | Rejected 3 | ||
| + | Connection to client.my.lan closed. | ||
| + | </code> The "''Rejected 3''" message actually means that your configuration was successful! | ||
