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Date:      Tue, 30 May 2000 15:45:22 -0400 (EDT)
From:      David Miller <dmiller@search.sparks.net>
To:        Willem Brown <willem@brwn.org>
Cc:        keith@mail.telestream.com, Victor Sudakov <sudakov@sibptus.tomsk.ru>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Anyone using dump(8)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005301541100.25461-100000@search.sparks.net>
In-Reply-To: <393372ED.F3B24C20@brwn.org>

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On Tue, 30 May 2000, Willem Brown wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> 	You can actually use ssh instead of rsh to do the remote dump.
> Just rename the existing rsh executable and create a link to ssh
> 
> mv /usr/bin/rsh /usr/bin/rsh.o
> ln -s /usr/local/bin/ssh /usr/hin/rsh
> 
> You would also have to configure the remote host to allow this host
> to connect without specifying a password. It doesn't seem to prompt
> for one. 
> 
> I would imagine that you can use public keys and host based
> authentication to control the access to the remote server.

You can use .shost files after ssh'ing from each box to the other:

HOWEVER...

A better thing to do for network backups in most circumstances is to use
amanda.  remote root access is not required.  Has lots of advantages for
network wide backups over dump/pax/cpio/etc.  look in the ports section
for a better description.

--- David



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