rdump as non root
Frank P. Bresz
fpb at ittc.wec.com
Tue Apr 23 12:34:26 AEST 1991
Hi There,
I would like to know if there is a way to use rdump without being
root. On the Sun Workstations I can dump so long as I have read access to
the raw disk partitions. The reason I want to do this is to perform
backups to an exabyte tape drive without haveing to give the remote tape
machine root privelages on the local machine or vice versa. I have my own
super intense backup script which currently backs up 32 partitions around
my network on a nightly basis. Temporarily I had to hack it so the the
ultrix call feeds dd after making the system I am trying to dump have a
setuid version of rdump (yes I know this is a security issue in itself).
Any pointers appreciated.
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