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# sshbackup
for automated backups configure a sshkey for the user running sshbackup.
you must add following to /etc/sudoers on your remote servers as well to
make automated backups work
```
backupuser ALL=(root)NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/rsync
```
sshbackup is a shell script for doing incremental backups.
### scheduling
using cron will help you with that. example /etc/crontab:
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ssh-keygen
ssh-copy-id <remote machine>
```
you must add the backupuser to /etc/sudoers on your remote servers as well
to make automated backups work. type:
```
sudo visudo #this will open /etc/sudoers in a texteditor
```
and add following at the end of that file:
```
backupuser ALL=(root)NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/rsync
```
you can use a file which should have a source/destination combination each line.
example listfile: