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Randy Bush 2020-01-06 21:04:05 -08:00
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So you want to back up to a remote system, and you want it encrypted before it leaves the source system. This hack uses classic UNIX `dump`; sorry for the brutality. As noted below, you could use `tar` or something similar. This example is also not incremental; your refund is in the post. Let's assume the source system is Debian Linux.
## Source Syatem backup User
## Source System backup User
By default, both UNIX and Linux have a `backup` user, but with a strange directory etc. So, on the source system, we will hack to instantiate the desired user.
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You probably want to run it out of cron with some hack such as the following:
```
ran.psg.com:/home/randy> grep dump /etc/crontab
grep dump /etc/crontab
30 8 * * * root /home/backup/do-dump
```