>From Abdul Latip on Monday, 2003-03-31 at 19:53:12 -0500: > Hi, > > May I know what the current practice is for running an > rsync cron? > - what userid is used? root? ftp? anything else? > - where to put the logs? /var/log/rsync/ ? > > Thank you.
I am no rsync expert---maybe others can give you a better answer---but I do use rsync to make local backups. For the backup of local users, I have uid = <username> gid = <username> in /etc/rsyncd.conf on the user's (source) machine. In my case, the logs go into /root on the destination machine, but this is perhaps not optimal. I imagine /var/log might be more appropriate? For the backup of system files, I use uid = nobody gid = nogroup in /etc/rsyncd.conf on a debian-based source machine, and uid = nobody gid = nobody on an rpm based source machine such as Red Hat or Mandrake. Hope that helps, Conrad -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
