rdump as non root

[Frank P. Bresz]

Hi There,

	I would like to know if there is a way to use rdump without being
root.  On the Sun Workstations I can dump so long as I have read access to
the raw disk partitions.  The reason I want to do this is to perform
backups to an exabyte tape drive without haveing to give the remote tape
machine root privelages on the local machine or vice versa.  I have my own
super intense backup script which currently backs up 32 partitions around
my network on a nightly basis.  Temporarily I had to hack it so the the
ultrix call feeds dd after making the system I am trying to dump have a
setuid version of rdump (yes I know this is a security issue in itself).

	Any pointers appreciated.
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