rsync using sudo.

[Gordon Messmer]

gary artim wrote:
> 
> The problem: the local files get permission denied on root owned files
> subdirs. If I add
> sudo /usr/bin/rsync --stats -ae "ssh" --rsync-path="sudo
> /usr/bin/rsync" /my  rsync at host1:/backup/my
> 
> I get prompted for a ssh passwd. Has anyone solved or done this?

sudo rsync --stat -ae "ssh -i </path/to/id_rsa>" \
	--rsync-path="sudo /usr/bin/rsync" \
	/my/ rsync at host1:/backup/my/