Re: network backups with tar

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Ryan McDougall writes....
> 
> > > I don't suppose there is a way to supply the root passwpord on the
> > > command line? this would be great,  because I could then run this command
> > > in the task scheduler
> 
> Not sure if this would work but, can you do a root:password@192.168.0.2 or
> root@192.168.0.2:password ? I would try this out but unfortunately my box is
> down at the moment and I am at work, so I can't just reboot it :-(

In general, if you supply passwords on the command line, be careful.
Sometimes they will show up in things like 'ps', and there is your
password floating around for anyone to see.  And in this case, root.

> 
> Ryan
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