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@@ -19,12 +19,14 @@ the server address should be enough. Setting up: server ------------------ Install the 'byteback' package on the server, along with its dependencies -(rsync, sudo). +(rsync and ruby-ffi). You then need to perform the following local setup on the server, which can securely handle backups for multiple clients. You need a dedicated user (which is usually called 'byteback') with a home directory on a btrfs -filesystem, and some privileges to run commands through sudo. +filesystem. You will need to mount the filesystem with the +'user_subvol_rm_allowed' flag to enable pruning to work (or run that part +as root). The following commands are appropriate for a Debian system, you might need to alter it for other Linux distributions, or if you are not using LVM @@ -35,15 +37,6 @@ for your discs: # adduser --system byteback --home /byteback --shell /bin/bash - # Allow the backup user to run the snapshot command - # - # echo <<SUDOERS >/etc/sudoers.d/byteback - byteback ALL = (root) NOPASSWD: /usr/local/bin/byteback-snapshot - byteback ALL = (root) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/byteback-snapshot - byteback ALL = (root) NOPASSWD: /sbin/btrfs subvolume create - Defaults:byteback !requiretty - SUDOERS - # Create a dedicated btrfs filesystem for the user, and add that as its home # lvcreate my_volume_group --name byteback --size 1000GB |