Scheduled Backups of Home Directory
Gregory PiƱero
gregpinero at gmail.com
Tue Aug 8 02:56:17 UTC 2006
On 8/7/06, Alexander Skwar <listen at alexander.skwar.name> wrote:
> > b. How can I schedule/automate a script that needs root privledges?
>
> Use the crontab from user root. Alternatively, modify the /etc/fstab,
> so that it includes "users" in the line for your 2nd hard drive.
Would you mind elaborting on these two ideas, or pointing me towards
some web resources or search terms?
> Dump the script and use rsnapshot. Check out the home page
> to see why it's so great.
I like rsnapshot but it looks a little too complicated to set up and
I'm not sure I understand how it works. I figure for something as
important as backups, I'm better off sticking to methods that I
understand a little.
Greg
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