
bobbygill at rogers
Nov 2, 2008, 5:53 PM
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Re: Slightly OT: rsync backup from mythbox -> desktop/FE
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> > NFS by default does not allow the root user on the client to have root > permissions on the server. This is because there are lots of uses for > NFS where you may not fully trust the person who administers the client. > As a result, by default NFS maps the root user to the user "nobody". > > You can turn this off by putting "no_root_squash" in the line in > /etc/exports that defines your NFS share. This will give root users on > the client actual root file permissions on the server. For example, > here's a line from /etc/exports on my MythTV box: > > /var/video > 192.168.10.0/24(rw,sync,no_root_squash,insecure,no_subtree_check)<http://192.168.10.0/24%28rw,sync,no_root_squash,insecure,no_subtree_check%29> > > (That should be all one line, but the email client wrapped it.) > > > I'm very open to the idea of an rsync server, what would that consist > > of? > > Start with 'man rsyncd.conf'; that should get you started. The details > of how to get rsync to launch in daemon mode automatically depend a bit > on your Linux distribution; if you mention which one you're using I may > already know how to do it, since I've set up a few. > Thanks a bunch David, I changed my /etc/exports and now she's syncing fine with sudo. I am using Arch linux. I have various rsync commands in my crontab, .bashrc, etc. set to run daily and they go just fine-- is that what we're talking about? I think by "rsync server" I am taking it to mean another location to rsync to. Thanks very much Bob
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