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RSync backup issue



On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 3:14 PM, Chris O'Connell <omegahalo-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> B) ?Have the Rsync process know the password for the Administrator account
> so I'm not always prompted?

Setup sudo privileges to allow this user to execute rsync with
NOPASSWD.  See the sudo, sudoers, and visudo man pages.  This method
may present security risks however...







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