Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup logging in through sshd several times

[Robert Nichols]

On 09/05/2012 07:33 AM, weloki wrote:
> weloki wrote:
> > I've been receiving logwatch reports each day from my servers and I notice
> > after each backup that rdiff-backup connected via SSH many times, like
> > from over 100 to 300 times per backup session. Why is this? Does it need
> > to do that in order to function properly?
>
> Is anyone else seeing this? Is there a way to have rdiff-backup login just
> once through SSH to perform a daily backup?

I see just one ssh login per rdiff-backup session.  I am pushing my backups
from the client to the server (source is local, destination is remote).
From your description, it sounds like that is what you are doing, too.
Your situation might be entirely different if you are controlling the
backups from the server and pulling from the clients.  I've never tried
that.

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