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Backup as Root
sudo approach
Q : How do I enable a full backup of the remote server without allowing root top log in to ssh? Can I somehow get rsync to login as a normal user and then do some kind of “sudo” command?
A : –rsync-path=“sudo rsync”
Source : rsync mailing list : Subject : Re: Using rsync to backup remote server as root Date : 27 August 2009 4:30:55 PM Poster : Nathan