.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" @(#)dump.8 8.3 (Berkeley) 5/1/95
-.\" $Id: dump.8.in,v 1.1 1999/10/11 13:08:07 stelian Exp $
+.\" $Id: dump.8.in,v 1.4 1999/10/30 22:55:51 tiniou Exp $
.\"
.Dd __DATE__
.Dt DUMP 8
-.Os "__VERSION__"
+.Os "dump __VERSION__"
.Sh NAME
.Nm dump
.Nd ext2 filesystem backup
will be used to determine the pathname of the remote
.Xr rmt 8
program.
+.It Ev RSH
+.Nm Dump
+uses the contents of this variable to determine the name of the
+remote shell command to use when doing remote backups (rsh, ssh etc.).
+If this variable is not set,
+.Xr rcmd 3
+will be used, but only root will be able to do remote backups.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width __DUMPDATES__ -compact
.It Pa /dev/st0
.Pp
.Nm Dump
cannot do remote backups without being run as root, due to its
-security history. This will be fixed in a later version of
-.Bx Free .
+security history.
Presently, it works if you set it setuid (like it used to be), but this
-might constitute a security risk.
+might constitute a security risk. Note that you can set RSH to use
+a remote shell program instead.
.Sh AUTHOR
The
.Nm dump/restore