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| -rw-r--r-- | topics/systems/backup-drops.gmi | 16 |
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diff --git a/topics/systems/backup-drops.gmi b/topics/systems/backup-drops.gmi index 84c1612..4fd916b 100644 --- a/topics/systems/backup-drops.gmi +++ b/topics/systems/backup-drops.gmi @@ -48,7 +48,15 @@ And run systemctl reload ssh ``` -You may need to add to allowusers for ssh access. +You may need to add to allowusers for ssh access. If you use allowusers (recommended) you can even specify the sending host with + +``` +AllowUsers bacchus@remote +``` + +where remote can be an IP address. + +Warning: if you introduce this `AllowUsers` command all users should be listed or people may get locked out of the machine. Next create a special key on the backup machine's ibackup user (just hit enter): @@ -113,4 +121,10 @@ touch ~/mnt/dropserver/drop/HELLO And the remote directory should be ready for dropping files! +To unmount the dir + +``` +fusermount -u ~/mnt/dropserver +``` + IMPORTANT: it is important to try ssh and read /var/log/auth.log to deal with permission issues. sshfs and the underlying sftp protocol are fussy. |