I've configured an in-house server to use rsnapshot to backup our hosted RHEL servers but in order to do so, I'm using the root account on those servers so I have access to everything including restricted /etc files like /etc/shadow.
Is there a better way to do this?
I used this guide: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-rsnapshot-backup-howto/
http://marksallee.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/server-backups-with-rsnapshot-rsync-non-root-user/