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--- internal:server_romulus [25.02.2016 - 17:07] – Added Access section tnowak
+++ internal:server_romulus [29.02.2016 - 13:36] (current) – [Access] tnowak
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 ===== Access =====
-SSH access on //romulus// is only allowed for members of the (LDAP) group ssh-logins. Furthermore, access by encrypted transfer of the user password is disabled for security reasons. The preferred way of accessing the server is via public-private-key authentication.
+SSH access on //romulus// is only allowed for members of the (LDAP) group ''ssh-logins''. Furthermore, access by encrypted transfer of the user password is disabled for security reasons. The preferred way of accessing the server is via public-private-key authentication.
+When logged in as a specific user, you can generate your own public private-key pair easily with the command ''ssh-keygen -t rsa''. For usage in the Windows program Putty, the private key (usually named ''.ssh/id_rsa'') first has to be converted to a suitable format with ''puttygen''.
 ===== Storage =====
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 All scripts that run duplicity can receive an additional argument ''full''. If full is present, it will force a full backup even in cases where an incremental backup would have been possible. According to the current (February 2016) backup cronjob, this happens on every first day of the month.
+The output of all backup operations is logged to ''/srv/backup-logs'' for inspection in case of problems. Currently, the account ''tnowak'' (can be changed in ''/etc/cron.d/backups'' receives an internal mail in case errors occurred.