how to make an ordinary user, the SysAdmin

[Maaz]

Thanks Jerome Henry for the support. Infact here we are not using Amanda or mondo. We are using tar. Yes ur idea is good that is I can also set cron to take backups, but as u know that backup requirement are frequently changed, sometimes the whole /home backup is needed, but sometimes only the backup of /home/jasica/ is needed.
Francisco Soler, many thanks for ur response.

Olivier Drouin, Once again many thanks for ur kind support. Olivier Drouin, could u please write me the exact syntax /etc/sudoers, I m using tar.

Many Thanks

Maaz

[Maaz]

Olivier Drouin, could u please write me the exact syntax /etc/sudoers, I m using tar.

Many Thanks

Maaz

[Saravana Kumar_2]

Infact here we are not using Amanda or mondo. We are using tar. Yes ur idea is good that is I can also set cron to take backups, but as u know that backup requirement are frequently changed, sometimes the whole /home backup is needed, but sometimes only the backup of /home/jasica/ is needed.


Maaz,

how many such users u have like this.
Plan:
What are all the directories u have to backup.
Frequency of the backup.

By this you will get an idea which to backup & when. There are options in tar for incremental backups. I use tar too. Once in a week a full backup and incremental backup on week days would be a ideal choice.

HTH,
SK