[rdiff-backup-users] Re: Re: rdiff-backup when disk is full (was: Re: Trace when listing backup and not enough permissions)

[Wiebe Cazemier]

On Sunday 03 June 2007 09:16, Charles Duffy wrote:

> Granted -- but I still see the security issues implicit with running
> rdiff-backup as root on the server as a far greater liability than the
> benefit of not needing the tool to restore.

You can't be root on the server when there is no server; when you're backing up
to a local disk (to have an easy backup with retention).