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Readynas Backups and snapsots
I have been using my readynas for 3 months now. I am using snapshots to backup my data and have now finally had the time to set up automated backups to a USB to take offsite. I have come up with th...
Your solution makes total sense although I am running into issues. I cannot seem to get the backup to pass the TEST CONNECTION. I tried using my login, but it doesn't let me put in a password. So I created a user called rsyncoverssh. I created a public key in the SSH settings, but when I tried Importing the key using the file it said error.
Arnav wrote:Your solution makes total sense although I am running into issues. I cannot seem to get the backup to pass the TEST CONNECTION. I tried using my login, but it doesn't let me put in a password. So I created a user called rsyncoverssh. I created a public key in the SSH settings, but when I tried Importing the key using the file it said error.
I don't remember what all I tried when setting this stuff up, but the only way I could get everything to work was:
- set up SSH keys for root user to authenticate as itself; leave Login and Password blank, which apparently implicitly uses root user.
Don't remember if that would have been because of problems authenticating other accounts, or because of access to the destination path. Anyway, that's how all of those jobs are currently configured.
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