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- From: osyjm@cs.montana.edu (Jaye Mathisen)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
- Subject: Re: dump(8) under ultrix
- Message-ID: <1992Aug28.210106.24116@coe.montana.edu>
- Date: 28 Aug 92 21:01:06 GMT
- References: <1992Aug28.183256.28032@iscnvx.lmsc.lockheed.com>
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- In article <1992Aug28.183256.28032@iscnvx.lmsc.lockheed.com> cunning@arthur (Dave Cunningham) writes:
- >I'm trying to integrate an ultrix (4.2) system into a network backup
- >scheme. The other systems involved allow anyone to run /etc/dump, and
- >use permissions on the device special files for security. This allows
- >dump to be run from an account other than root, which is in a group
- >that has read permissions on the raw devices. This doesn't work under
- >ultrix since only root (or opser?) can run dump.
-
- Seems to me I recall that mjr has made a port of BSD dump/restore to
- Ultrix and I think it's available on decuac.dec.com... Don't quote me.
- This should solve your "gotta be root" problem...
-
- You might want to look at DEC's NSR product, I and others have posted
- comments on it recently. It's an OK backup product...
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