rsync using sudo.

[gary artim]

On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 12:20 AM, Gordon Messmer <yinyang at eburg.com> wrote:
> 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/
>
>
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Will try and report back shortly...Gary