autobackup.5 (651B)
1 .\" Licensed under OpenBSD's ISC license; see LICENSE 2 .Dd June 6th, 2023 3 .Dt AUTOBACKUP 5 4 .Os 5 .Sh 6 .Nm autobackup 7 .Nm /etc/autobackup 8 .Nd Configuration file for 9 .Xr autobackup 1 10 reciever 11 .Sh DESCRIPTION 12 The configuration file consists of a newline separated list of paths 13 which point to the base of the mirror directories. Mirrors go into 14 .Pa mirrors/ Va host 15 in the base directory. The log file is located at 16 .Pa mirrors/log . 17 .Pp 18 To eliminated the need to run the reciever as root, it is recommended 19 to mount backup disks with the noperm flag under a directory owned 20 by the user you wish to backup with and sufficiently protected with 21 permissions.