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- From: olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
- Subject: Re: How do I use a remote backup unit?
- Message-ID: <shdbnac@zuni.esd.sgi.com>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 20:15:41 GMT
- References: <1992Nov16.113459.30301@bas-a.bcc.ac.uk> <sek63l8@zuni.esd.sgi.com> <zGi-r*ML0@video1.han.de>
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- In <zGi-r*ML0@video1.han.de> achim@video1.han.de (Joachim Gothe) writes:
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- | In article <sek63l8@zuni.esd.sgi.com>, Dave Olson writes:
- |
- | [...]
- | >You just need permission. The simples test is:
- | > mt -t remotehost:/dev/tape stat
- | > mt -t guest@remotehost:/dev/tape stat
- |
- | STOP....now I have a question.
- |
- | Is there a way to make a remote Backup WITHOUT having a Non-Password
- | Guest-account on the mashine with the Tape?
- |
- | I don't like accounts without a Password. :-)
-
- Sure, use any user name you want, and a .rhosts file. Still
- somewhat of a security hole, but you can set up the account
- to use a chroot'ed shell ala ftp, provided you create enough
- files and bits of /dev. I've done this a number of times.
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