Re: What is the best way to backup /var/logs ?

On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 06:00:51AM -0400, Pigeon wrote:

> I hate running any script as Root.. so what would be the best way to  
> rsync /var/logs/ with a normal user? I guess i could make the log  
> files world readable.. but still don't want to do that..

You could write a setuid wrapper around rsnapshot (or set it to be
setuid root if your OS allows setuid scripts) if your concern is about
the *user* being root as opposed to the process being root.

Or if you don't want to run processes with uid 0, then how about putting
your rsnapshot user into appropriate groups (wheel, mail, whatever other
groups own your log files).

-- 
David Cantrell | http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david

comparative and superlative explained:

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