Re: Backing up mounted drives with bru with UID root

[Eric Sisler <esisler westminster lib co us>]

c w a vandekolk med uu nl wrote:


> I few days ago I purchased the linux version of the BRU backup software.
>
> (Formely I tried the demo version but this is limited to local backups.)
>
> I'm running linux redhat 6.2 and I've mounted some disks from other
> remote systems (Unix, SGI).
> Now I want also backup this mounted drives, but with the user account
> root I can't read this
> mounted drives (only readable as user). Do I have to adapt my exports
> files or is there
> an option in the /etc/fstab file so I can also backup (read) this
> mounted drives with the
> uid root?

You'll need something like the following in /etc/exports on those machines 
that are being backed up:

/       yourhost.your.domain(ro,no_root_squash)

I *highly* recommend the "ro" option, which sets the export to read only.

I'm working on going about it the other way - using bru over ssh from the 
server to be backed up to the server with the tape drive because I don't 
really trust NFS.

-Eric


Eric Sisler
Library Computer Technician
Westminster Public Library
Westminster, CO, USA
esisler westminster lib co us

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