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--- linux:rsnapshot [2008/11/24 22:08] – Some clarifications and re-formatting. alien
+++ linux:rsnapshot [2010/04/24 19:25] (current) – Add a link to my article about the NSLU2 alien
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 A good read is the [[http://www.rsnapshot.org/howto/1.2/rsnapshot-HOWTO.en.html | Rsnapshot HOWTO]].
+Another article worth checking is my companion article about [[linux:slug | using a Linksys NAS as rsnapshot server]].
 ==== Getting the software ====
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   * Add this line to ''/etc/sudoers'' so that user ''rbackup'' can run the wrapper's ''rsync'' command with //root// privileges: <code>rbackup ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/rsync</code>
+=== Testing remote login ===
+When all configuration is complete, and before your scheduled cron jobs start, you should test whether the non-interactive passwordless login from the rsnapshot server to the remote //rbackup// account is functional.\\ You need to make a ssh connection at least once, to add the public key of the remote machine to your root account's //''known_hosts''// file. <code>
+# ssh rbackup@client.my.lan
+Rejected 3
+Connection to client.my.lan closed.
+</code> The "''Rejected 3''" message actually means that your configuration was successful!