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Then you can run
Then you can run
  ssh -t someuser@remotehost "dd if=/dev/sdXX" | dd of=/dev/sdXY
  ssh -C -t someuser@remotehost "dd if=/dev/sdXX" | dd of=/dev/sdXY




Note the "-t" which is required, otherwise you get "sudo: no tty present and no askpass program specified"
Note the "-t" which is required, otherwise you get "sudo: no tty present and no askpass program specified"

Revision as of 14:39, 25 August 2016

Clone disk over ssh

On remotehost:

  • have a user 'someuser' you can ssh to with key, so without password. This user must NOT be in wheel/sudoers/admin group!!!

add a line "someuser ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /bin/dd

Then you can run

ssh -C -t someuser@remotehost "dd if=/dev/sdXX" | dd of=/dev/sdXY


Note the "-t" which is required, otherwise you get "sudo: no tty present and no askpass program specified"